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Randrianirina sworn in as Malagasy president

Friday October 17th, 2025
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| Antananarivo, community, development, global South, Madagascar, Malagasy, power, protest, Rajoelina, water

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 Malagasy people staged a demonstration following increasingly regular…

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A Malagasy update

Friday March 28th, 2025
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| agriculture, Aid, Children, climate, climate catastrophe, climate change, community, conservation, development, education, Education for Life, environment, Environmental News, equality, farming, finance, forest, gender, girls, health, livelihoods, Madagascar, Malagasy, poverty, rainforest, reading, RFL, school, Vulnerable children, water, women

Almost 11,000 men, women and children have been displaced by Tropical Storm Jude, which made two landfalls in Madagascar this month – a situation made even worse by extreme food insecurity, and risk of disease associated with lack of food, and storm-related chaos. The World Health Organisation reported that as of Tuesday 18 March, 10,587 people have been displaced…

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