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Paris and Washington aim to help Madagascar improve security in its territorial waters

France and the United States are to use their respective cooperation arrangements with Madagascar to help it protect its territorial waters from criminal activity. Despite the government's ambitions, the Madagascan navy still does not have a fleet capable of protecting the country's interests. [...]

Published on 06/04/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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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?

Madagascar
Paris and Washington aim to help Madagascar improve security in its territorial waters

Madagascar
Paris keeps Antananarivo waiting over Diego-Suarez naval base refit

Madagascar
Unpaid internet bills hamper maritime surveillance

Madagascar
Paris suspends maritime security cooperation after Madagascar sides with Moscow

France, Madagascar
France dispatches Gen Thierry Marchand to revive sluggish security cooperation

Madagascar
Washington to resurrect Diego-Suarez naval base in wake of Suez Canal blockage

West Africa
Triple murder raises questions about paramilitaries who protect Africa's national parks

Madagascar
Paris beefs up military aid as Beijing and New Delhi jostle for influence

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Beijing and New Delhi court Indian Ocean armies

Madagascar
Rajoelina obsesses about track record in office in run-up to 2023

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President Rajoelina's clique of trusted advisors

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Rajoelina's battle of wills with the World Bank puts aid programmes in danger