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Shoprite to Exit Uganda, Madagascar
Shoprite Holdings, South Africa’s biggest grocery retailer, has announced it will exit the Uganda and Madagascar markets. “In…
Madagascar Arrests Five Generals over Attempt to Assassinate President
Madagascar on Sunday announced the arrest of 21 people, including five generals and some high-ranking police officers, after…
Herbs Gone Wrong: Madagascar Converts Schools Into Hospitals
Madagascar has turned schools and hotels into hospitals as Coronavirus surges in the indian ocean country. The spike…
Solar Home Systems Startup Baobab+ Secures €4 Million Expansion Fund
The startup which is operational in West Africa and Madagascar secured funding from the Energy Entrepreneurs Growth Fund (EEGF), which is managed by Triple Jump, and the Facility for Energy Inclusion Off-Grid Energy Access Fund (FEI-OGEF), which is managed by the LHGP Asset Management.
Madagascar Makes U-turn on COVAX Vaccine Initiative
Madagascar has switched its stance on not being a part of the global vaccine initiative (COVAX) after reconsidering…
Madagascar Police Ban Rallies in Capital Ahead Planned Protests by Opposition
Police in Madagascar have banned all political rallies in the capital, Antananarivo, ahead of planned demostrations by the…
Three-Year-Drought Pushes 1.5 Million People Into Hunger In Southern Madagascar
UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) says a three-year drought in southern Madagascar has pushed 1.5 million people –…
CAF President, Ahmad, Seeks 2nd Term
The Madagascar Football Federation (FMF) has formally entered the race for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) presidency,…
Madagascar Lifts COVID-19 Curfew
Madagascar has lifted a curfew imposed to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in the…
Madagascar prison break: Police recapture 11 fleeing inmates
The Police in Madagascar has recaptured 11 out of the 31 prisoners who escaped from a prison in…