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Paris's heritage ambassador off to Antananarivo

Former Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez will travel to Madagascar next month.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.11.2024

IMF delays $103m loan to Antananarivo for failing to make petrol price adjustments

Madagascar's president Andry Rajoelina at the World Government Summit in Dubai on 13 February 2024. © Ryan Lim/AFP

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 19.11.2024

Outsider Razafinjoelina faces stiff fight in Antananarivo mayoralty race

With the help of a tightly-knit team, the opposition candidate is trying to hold his own against two contenders backed by current president, Andry Rajoelina, and former head of state Marc Ravalomanana respectively.

Subscribers only Politics 12.11.2024

Andry Rajoelina and Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris, 26 July 2024. © Valentine Chapuis/AFP

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Return of royal skull may coincide with Macron's Madagascar visit

France looks set to return what is believed to be the skull of the Sakalava king Toera, beheaded in 1897 by French colonial troops, more than 20 years after Madagascar first asked for it. It hopes the restitution can coincide with President Macron's visit to the country next year.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.10.2024

Onive river, in the highlands of Madagascar, in 2014. © Jean-Luc Allegre/Only France via AFP

Major construction companies line up to rebuild road to Sahofika dam

Seven companies are already eyeing the just-launched call for tenders to renovate the route to Madagascar's largest electricity production project.

Free access Infrastructure, Energy 18.09.2024

Andry Rajoelina, in September 2021, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. © John Angelillo/UPI/MaxPPP

Public spending watchdog accuses government of secrecy over Covid-19 crisis

In a report published in early August, the Madagascar Court of Auditors claimed that President Andry Rajoelina failed to apply the recommendations it made regarding his government's handling of the Covid-19 public health crisis.

Subscribers only Politics 26.08.2024

Next Indian Ocean Commission summit pencilled in for April

Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina recently proposed several dates in April 2025 to his fellow heads of state for the 5th Summit of the Indian Ocean Commission and now awaits confirmation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.11.2024

Madagascan private sector set to reap benefits as first ambassador heads to Rabat

Madagascar's leading employers' group has been calling for stronger economic ties with Morocco for years. The imminent opening of an embassy in Rabat will come as music to its ears.

Free access Business 08.11.2024

Chinese company wins new $15m road contract

China's Zhongmei Engineering Group has won a World Bank-funded $15m contract to renovate part of the national road between Antananarivo and Toliara.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 06.11.2024

APG Network behind Emirates' new flight to Antananarivo

The Dubai-based airline is working with the Madagascan subsidiary of French company APG - very present in Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean - to operate four flights a week to Antananarivo.

Subscribers only Business 04.11.2024

Beijing picks up two €60m road contracts

China Railway 18th Bureau Group Co has won another road construction contract.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 17.10.2024

QMM suspends paying out dividend to sovereign wealth fund deemed unfit for purpose

Rio Tinto's Madagascan subsidiary, which mines ilmenite in the south of the island, has had to postpone paying out a $12m dividend for 2023 to the country's new Sovereign Wealth Fund as it does not meet the proper conditions.

Subscribers only Mining 15.10.2024

Private sector calls out Rajoelina over VAT refunds

Companies in the Antananarivo free zone are calling on the president to immediately reimburse more than €40m in unpaid VAT refunds, dating as far back as 2022.

Subscribers only Business 11.10.2024

French foreign ministry audits rapper Orelsan's incubator project

It is not the first time the British consultancy has worked for the ministry.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 10.10.2024

President Rajoelina hires French PR firm 35°Nord

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has since last month been using Paris-based 35°Nord, which was founded and is run by Philippe Perdrix and Romain Grandjean, to handle his international communications.

Subscribers only Politics 09.10.2024

Cable car kerfuffle: Colas and Poma clash with Andry Rajoelina

A consortium made up of French firms Colas and Poma has begun talks with the authorities on the construction of Antananarivo's cable car's second line. But uncertainties over its route and budget are getting in the way.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 08.10.2024

Paris keeps Antananarivo waiting over Diego-Suarez naval base refit

Paris wants to receive a letter of intent before releasing the funds.

Subscribers only Defence, Infrastructure 04.10.2024

Rajoelina mulls suspension of coup colonels

Two high-ranking officers sentenced to a one-year suspended prison term for undermining state security recently appeared before the army's disciplinary board, which decided to suspend them for six months. But the president has yet to confirm their suspension.

Subscribers only Defence 26.09.2024

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Paris's heritage ambassador off to Antananarivo

IMF delays $103m loan to Antananarivo for failing to make petrol price adjustments

Outsider Razafinjoelina faces stiff fight in Antananarivo mayoralty race

Spotlight
Return of royal skull may coincide with Macron's Madagascar visit

Major construction companies line up to rebuild road to Sahofika dam

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Next Indian Ocean Commission summit pencilled in for April

Madagascan private sector set to reap benefits as first ambassador heads to Rabat

Chinese company wins new $15m road contract

APG Network behind Emirates' new flight to Antananarivo

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QMM suspends paying out dividend to sovereign wealth fund deemed unfit for purpose

Private sector calls out Rajoelina over VAT refunds

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President Rajoelina hires French PR firm 35°Nord

Cable car kerfuffle: Colas and Poma clash with Andry Rajoelina

Paris keeps Antananarivo waiting over Diego-Suarez naval base refit

Rajoelina mulls suspension of coup colonels

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Paris's heritage ambassador off to Antananarivo

IMF delays $103m loan to Antananarivo for failing to make petrol price adjustments

Outsider Razafinjoelina faces stiff fight in Antananarivo mayoralty race

Spotlight Return of royal skull may coincide with Macron's Madagascar visit

Major construction companies line up to rebuild road to Sahofika dam

Public spending watchdog accuses government of secrecy over Covid-19 crisis

Next Indian Ocean Commission summit pencilled in for April

Madagascan private sector set to reap benefits as first ambassador heads to Rabat

Chinese company wins new $15m road contract

APG Network behind Emirates' new flight to Antananarivo

Beijing picks up two €60m road contracts

QMM suspends paying out dividend to sovereign wealth fund deemed unfit for purpose

Private sector calls out Rajoelina over VAT refunds

French foreign ministry audits rapper Orelsan's incubator project

President Rajoelina hires French PR firm 35°Nord

Cable car kerfuffle: Colas and Poma clash with Andry Rajoelina

Paris keeps Antananarivo waiting over Diego-Suarez naval base refit

Rajoelina mulls suspension of coup colonels

Still no AFCON 2025 home games for national football team

Augentic and Thales compete for Prodigy contracts worth €24m

AU Commission: Madagascan candidate in France for 19th Francophonie Summit

Rajoelina beefs up ties with Rabat

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Spotlight
Return of royal skull may coincide with Macron's Madagascar visit