(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) 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) 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) Economy and ecology: Rajoelina sets priorities at UN

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. Malagasy President Andriy Rajoelina used his speech to the UN General Assembly to focus on the Malagasy economy, and its environment, noting both require and deserve help from beyond the Malagasy borders. Speaking at the UN General Assembly on Wednesday (24th September) Rajoelina said the African Growth…

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

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

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(English) Development and Environment: cooperation, not competition

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. Madagascar has led calls for Southern African nations to increase their manufacturing capacity to 30 per cent of their GDP by 2030. The island republic on Sunday (17th August) hosted the 45th Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit of Heads of State and Government – the first…

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(English) Funding cuts hit Malagasy communities

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. ‘Bordeaux (who only wished to give his first name), a farmer with sharp features, does not know who Donald Trump is, but he knows that everything stopped for him in February. Suddenly, gone were the promises of a permanent house, enough seed for five years, fertilizers, farming…

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(English) Forgive debts which cannot be paid

Miala tsiny fa tsy mbola misy amin’ny teny malagasy ity lahatsoratra ity. The world’s ‘developing states’ – primarily nations in the global South – should have their debt written off, according to an economic report commissioned by the Vatican. The Jubilee Report also recommends the restructuring of the global economic system to enable countries experiencing emergencies to access commonly…

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