(English) Antananarivo calm following protests, unrest

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. The situation in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo is calm at present, following widespread protests across the city and in other areas of Madagascar yesterday (Thursday 25 September). Five people have been confirmed killed in disturbances developing from the protests. Thousands of people defied a national ban on ‘large gatherings’ to unite in…

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(English) Children’s centre reaching even more young people

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. A Money for Madagascar partner’s services are so popular it is having to hold activities outdoors because its inside spaces would be overfull. The Akany Hasina centre is a day centre in Ambohitrabiby, a rural area 25km from Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo. Every Saturday, it opens its doors to young people who…

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(English) Verraux’s lemur – an addition which could make a difference

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Two lemurs have been added to the list of the 25 most-endangered primates on Earth. But there are hopes that one may spark new interest in and protection for, a vital ecological habitat. Madagascar is the only country on Earth to which lemurs are native, but 95 per cent of lemur…

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(English) Warnings for Malagasy Economy and People

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded an in-country review of Madagascar’s economic situation with a warning that ‘outside shocks’ ‘cloud’ the country’s economic outlook. While the international financial body, which last year stepped in to provide Madagascar with and Extended Credit Facility (ECF) and a Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF),…

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(English) 90 per cent of Malagasy people living in poverty

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. On Thursday 5th June 2025, the World Bank updated its – and the world’s – poverty metric. Up to that date, the international poverty baseline – the line below which anyone is defined as living in poverty – had been an income of US$2.15 (£1.59 at 8th September 2025) or less…

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(English) On Love and Amphibians: the Extraordinary Importance of the Malagasy Wilderness

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. A new frog discovery in Madagascar’s South-East reminds us how resilient, but also how threatened, the Malagasy wilderness is. A large frog has been discovered in Madagascar’s Domain de la Cascade Plantation Lansargues nature reserve, in the country’s South-East. The three-inch amphibian, named Love’s Giant Stream Frog (after the herpetologist Bill…

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(English) Peak District Challenge Completed

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. A Money for Madagascar supporter has raised hundreds of pounds to hep us work with Malagasy men, women and children, with a 100km (62 mile) hill-trek. Gregg Smith completed the timed hike through the UK’s Peak District on 28-29 June, and thanks in part to your help, raised £626, well above…

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(English) Barea Vonona! Madagascar Prepares for Football Final

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Madagascar will tonight (Saturday 30th August 2025) compete in the Final of the African Nations Championship – the furthest the country has ever reached in an international football tournament. The Barea, whose previous best performance was their third-place in 2022 (the last time the tournament was held) will face two-times winners…

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(English) Water point: changing the education and lives of youngsters and school staff

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Almost 200 children and staff at a Malagasy primary school now have reliable access to safe, clean water, thanks to Money for Madagascar, its partner and funders. The 191 children, and seven staff, at the EPP Ambohipeno, five km from the centre of Antsirabe, had previously had to walk more than…

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(English) King’s Posthumous Return Postive – But Madagascar Needs More Than Bones

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. The French government has returned three skulls – one believed to be of a Malagasy king decapitated by French troops – to Madagascar in the latest step towards a rapprochement between the two states. The skulls were officially handed over to Malagasy government representatives in a ceremony at the French Culture…

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