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Madagascar SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Madagascar when you search their database on the word "Madagascar": UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Madagascar. ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues. FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Madagascar. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Madagascar, although there is little African country-specific information. Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool! UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Madagascar in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Madagascar. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Madagascar and the region doing a search in their database. WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Madagascar. Write "Madagascar" in the "Document Title" bar. WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections. Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Madagascar, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Malagasy and non-Malagasy newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Madagascar, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Madagascar.
The Press in MadagascarMIDI Madagascar is a Malagasy daily online newspaper. Has daily updated news about all that is happening in Madagascar: politics, society, economy, sports, etc. You can also search their archives. French. The Madagascar Tribune offers a daily service on the web, with special attention to humor and culture, but also featuring political news. French.
Press reporting about MadagascarAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Magadascar of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Magadascar. Africa News Online is an electronic network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides a showcase for journalism from across the African continent. You can also go directly to their Madagascar page, listing the latest news stories. Recommended. IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Madagascar archive, where articles from the last months about Madagascar figure. NewAfrica, Madagascar offers interesting information about Malagasy infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Madagascar. In English, but not too regularly updated. PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa. Weather.com has a page about the weather in Madagascar.
International pressLe Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page. The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa. The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page. The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed. The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post. The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters. The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Madagascar page, were the last articles from WP are listed. Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage.
News & Discussion GroupsAfrica Online Madagascar offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English. L'Afrique sur Internet is a website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc. NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services.
Government OfficesNational Institutions: Ministère du Budget et du Développement des Provinces Autonomes (Ministry of Budget and Development of Autonomous Provinces): Douanes de Madagascar (Customs of Madagascar) Ministère de l'Industrialisation et de l'Artisanat (The Ministry of Industrialisation and Handicraft) offers all information on its activities and some interesting data on the economy. French. Ministère de la Justice (The Ministry of Justice) has a website with information about its laws, the ministry and other national institutions. Only French. Ministère du Développement du Secteur Privé et de la Privatisation (The Ministry of Private Sector Development and Privatisation): Comité de Privatisation (Privatisation Committee) Secrétariat Technique de l'Ajustement, STA, (Technical Secretariat of Adjustment) Representations in Foreign Countries: Local
The Embassy of Madagascar in Washington,
About Malagasy government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & TownsLa Commune Urbaine d'Antananarivo is the official web site of the Antananarivo mayor's office. Gives a general presentation of the city, of the office and has a special part presenting the Malagasy capital's history and touristic values. Informative; all in French. Weather.com has a page about the weather in Madagascar, with special information about some cities, like Antananarivo.
Companies
CultureAfromix' web page to Malagasy music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Malagasy musicians. French and Spanish versions. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries. Madagascar Museum Society is a small and somewhat informal group of scholars and museum curators. They've begun to work with the Malagasy cultural heritage, particularly that which exists in private collections and outside of Madagascar.
EconomyCommon Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is an organisation of free independent states cooperating. With its 21 member states and population of 385 million it forms a major integrated trading block. Very informative and ample site about the regional economy. There also exists a Madagascar Page. Ministère du Développement du Secteur Privé et de la Privatisation (The Ministry of Private Sector Development and Privatisation): Comité de Privatisation (Privatisation Committee) Madagascar Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality. Mbendi Consultants' country profile on Madagascar concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. Planet Business-Madagascar offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. In the website of Union-Transport you'll find well structured information about transportat, logistics, brokerage, consulting and documentation in Madagascar.
Education
Environment/NatureNewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Madagascar. The Photoessay on Madagascar's Biodiversity and Conservation (by David Parks) offers some wonderful pictures from Madagascar and quite informative texts. 179 images!
General Information/Read about MadagascarThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Madagascar, being regularly updated. Big
resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA.
annual Factbook 2000 is probably
the best and most updated collection of data on the web. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families. The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups. Infoplease.com contains a page about Madagascar with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. NewAfrica Madagascar offers interesting information about Malagasy infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. You can order books about Madagascar on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Madagascar in 1997. The most informative site about human rights in Madagascar is the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Madagascar. In the annual World Press Freedom Review looks at the the state of the media in 168 countries, like Madagascar, documenting press freedom violations. 1999.
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