(English) Madagascar becomes BRICS partner candidate country

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. Madagascar may become a partner country of the BRICS group, following discussions with member state South Africa. The Malagasy interim president Michael Randrianirina has told Russian media that the new status may be confirmed as early as the 18th BRICS summit, which will be held in India,…

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

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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…

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(English) Madagascar begins ‘National Consultation’ on governance and law

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. The Malagasy government has begun a six-month ‘National Consultation’ which it says is designed to ‘drive constitutional reform’ and form the basis of the Malagasy ‘Fifth Republic’. The initiative will start at the fokotany level, progressing through communes, districts and regions of Madagascar. It is hoped the…

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(English) Education – ensuring the door never closes

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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…

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(English) Storm strikes children’s centre

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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,…

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(English) COP30: What we need

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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…

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(English) New Prime Minister Appointed

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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…

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(English) Celebrate 40 years of beautiful partnerships

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. We are delighted to announce the release of our special edition 2026 Calendar. We were founded in 1986 to provide funds and other assistance to Malagasy organisations and communities – our partners – so that Malagasy people could formulate and deliver the solutions to the challenges they…

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(English) Randrianirina sworn in as Malagasy president

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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…

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(English) Military unit takes power in Madagascar

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. 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…

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