(English) Cyclone Gezani Update

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. One week after it struck Eastern Madagascar, Cyclone Gezani is believed to have forced more than 16,000 men, women and children to leave their homes, and affected more than 270,000 people in total. Gezani made landfall in Madagascar’s largest port city, Toamasina, last Tuesday (10th February). It has killed at least…

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Le monde doit – et peut – agir alors que les cyclones font des ravages

Au moins 38 personnes ont été tuées et plus de 12 000 ont été contraintes de quitter leur domicile lors de l’un des cyclones les plus violents qui ait frappé Madagascar au cours des six dernières décennies. Le cyclone Gezani a touché terre à Madagascar mardi 10 février 2026 et a frappé Toamasina, la plus grande ville portuaire malgache,…

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(English) Our Work – How Your Support Is Making an Impact

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. As the new year begins, we wanted to share with you the latest information about our major programmes, to show you how your support and help is making an impact and improving Malagasy lives and the Malagasy biosphere. Renewable World’s three main programmes are Renewable Forests and Livelihoods, Children for the…

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(English) Madagascar-South Africa visit may symbolise diplomatic hopes

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Madagascar’s head of state Michael Randrianirina has arrived in South Africa for conversations with the latter state’s president Cyril Ramaphosa. The two are expected to discuss Malagasy-South African relations, as well as the situation in Madagascar and perhaps the steps the island-republic is taking towards its first national elections since the…

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(English) Education – ensuring the door never closes

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. One impact of Malagasy youngsters no longer being able to live with their families, alongside poverty, living on the streets and exposure to significant risk, can be the disruption and potential end of their education. Rano Soloniaina, a resident at the AAB centre, explains how he and the Money for Madagascar…

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(English) Storm strikes children’s centre

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Heavy rains in and around Madagascar’s capital city Antananarivo have caused extensive damage to a children’s centre with which we work. On Tuesday (11 November 2025) evening at about 7.15pm Malagasy-time, a storm including heavy rain, strong winds and hail, struck the Akany Avoko Ambohidatrimo (AAA) centre, home to 105 children;…

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(English) COP30: What we need

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. World leaders have gathered in Belem, Brasil under the ongoing shadow of the climate catastrophe, for the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30). The summit has begun with the world in an unprecedented level of risk from – and in the case of Madagascar experience of the impacts of – climate…

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(English) New Prime Minister Appointed

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Malagasy president and colonel of the CAPSAT Malagasy army unit Michael Randrianirina has kept the first of his promises to Madagascar, by appointing a civilian prime minister. Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo, an economist who worked at the World Bank, and has been chairman and ceo of the Malagasy National Industrial Bank since November…

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(English) Randrianirina sworn in as Malagasy president

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. Colonel Michael Randrianirina of the Malagasy army unit CAPSAT has been sworn in as the new president of Madagascar, just days after carrying out a military takeover of the island. The change in leadership in Madagascar came as the result of three weeks of social unrest and widespread violence, after young…

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(English) Military unit takes power in Madagascar

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English. A unit of the Malagasy army has claimed it has ‘taken power’ in Madagascar. The CAPSAT unit, which on Saturday (11 October 2025) announced it was joining protests against the Malagasy government and president Andry Rajoelina, saying it would not ‘follow illegal orders’ to ‘shoot our brothers and sisters’ (the demonstrators)…

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