UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (Nairobi)

Updates on conflicts and news from throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

Website: http://www.irinnews.org/


November 23

  • Madagascar: Cyclone Preparations Threatened

    A US$6.1 million funding shortfall is jeopardizing the World Food Programme's (WFP) practice of pre-positioning relief supplies in many areas vulnerable to cyclones. The practice... Read more »



November 21



November 7



October 19



September 28

  • Madagascar: Bandits Thrive in Rural South

    In 2010, scores of bandits attacked Bevilany, a charcoal-producing settlement in Madagascar's southern Anosy Region. By the time the fight was over, 11 outlaws and one 'zamasi' - a... Read more »



September 25

  • Madagascar: The Hunt for Remenabila [opinion]

    Yvan Razafimandimby, 22, was working at the family store in the Taolagnaro neighbourhood of Anbounato, Madagascar, when two soldiers arrived to inform him that his 50-year-old... Read more »



September 22



September 19



August 28



July 20



July 18

  • Madagascar: Madagascar's Unforgiving Bandit Lands [analysis]

    "At 9am I checked them [the zebu] and they were still there, and two hours later they were gone," he told IRIN. "I need them to do the work in the field, to pull the cart and to... Read more »



June 26



May 25

  • Madagascar: A Decaying Health Sector

    The Basic Health Centre or Centre de Santé de Base (CSB) II in Anjalajala, near Antsohihy, the capital of Madagascar's northern Sofia Region, is housed in a recently... Read more »



May 4



April 13

  • Madagascar: Small Steps Towards Land Reform

    When officials asked everybody in the commune (sub-district) of Talata in Madagascar's central Amoron'i Mania region to register their land in 2007, it was to be the beginning of a... Read more »



March 23



March 10



February 23

  • Madagascar: Stunted Children Means Stunted Lives [analysis]

    At the age of four, Henintsoa Rakotoarimanana weighs just 10kg and, at a height of 84cm, is not much larger than a baby. Fed on rice and cassava since he was born, he is now... Read more »



February 20



February 15

  • Madagascar: Cyclone Kills At Least 10

    At least 10 people have died after Cyclone Giovanna struck Madagascar but details of its impact on the regions which bore the brunt of the category-four tropical storm remain... Read more »



February 13



February 1

  • Madagascar: Farmers Boost Rice Output

    Ernest Rakotoarivony, 45, was teased by some members of the Talata community, a small town 30km north of Madagascar's capital Antananarivo, after breaking with traditional rice... Read more »



January 20

  • Madagascar: Illegal Rosewood Trade Continues

    Environmentalists and the international community are trying to find ways of limiting the damage caused by an explosion in the illegal logging of precious hardwoods in Madagascar... Read more »



December 22, 2011

  • Madagascar: Legal Aid Clinics Help Rural Women

    Legal aid clinics are playing an important role during Madagascar's current political and economic crisis, especially for poverty-hit rural women who are under-served by the... Read more »



December 1, 2011

  • Madagascar: Donors Deliver Despite Sanctions

    After more than two years of political crisis, Madagascar finally appears to be moving towards the restoration of democracy. A new prime minister has been appointed, and elections... Read more »

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