Madagascar

TRADE WINDS CROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN

Mauritius has lifted the ban (since 1992) on imports of livestock on the hoof from Madagascar, following the visit of [...]

TALKS ON COMPENSATION

Replying to a question from MP Bernard Pons (RPR, government [...]

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NOT SHIPSHAPE AND BRISTOL FASHION

The botched privatization of Société Malgache des Transports Maritimes (SMTM) has hocked the company's future chances and put the subject of liberalizing maritime transport back onto the agenda of upcoming negotiations with the World Bank.

HUBERT BEEMELMANS

Germany's new ambassador to Madagascar Hubert Beemelmans, who has just presented his Letters of Credence, has spent his whole career [...]

RESIGNATION OF THREE MINISTERS

Three members of the government of head of state Francisque [...]

CONTROVERSIAL CALL

The Malagasy government has followed a call from head of state Albert Zafy to cancel the Call for bids issued [...]

PATRICK RAJAONARY

The chairman of Papeteries de Madagascar since 1990 Patrick Rajaonary has been elected chairman of the Syndicat des Industries de [...]

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A WORLD BANK CATALOGUE

Pierre Demangel, who holds the Malagasy dossier at World Bank headquarters in Washington, apparently doesn't hold a grudge against prime minister Francisque Ravony although the latter was targetting Demangel - without naming him - when he commented on April 6 [.

CHARLES ANDRIANTSITOHAINA

As chairman of Groupement des Entreprises Malgaches, which groups almost all Madagascar's economic operators, Charles Andriantsitohaina and other organizations (such [...]

WILLIAM RABEMANANJARA

Nephew of the former Malagasy head of state Gabriel Ramanantsoa and a writer and teacher who lives in Rheims (France), [...]

EDDIE LU TSENG-YUNG

Madagascar's newly-appointed honorary consul in Hong Kong Eddie Lu Tseng-Yung [...]

CHIRAC AND FRANCO-MALAGASY VOTES

The campaign to drum up votes for French presidential candidate (and Paris Mayor) Jacques Chirac has moved on from the [...]

RAVONY ROOTS FOR IMF

Prime minister Francisque Ravony has come out again for his preference for dialogue with the International Monetary Fund, which he [...]

The Association Internationale des Maires Francophones (AIMF, association of French-speaking [...]

BRITISH RECOMMENDATIONS

The British Overseas Trade Board's Tropical Africa Advisory Group has published the report of a mission it sent to Madagascar [...]

JOSEPHINE ANDRIAMAMONJIARISON

Following an article in The Indian Ocean Newsletter of March [...]

GAS POTENTIAL EXAMINED

Madagascar's Office des Mines Nationales et des Industries Strategiques (OMNIS) has signed a contract with the British firm Intera for [...]

OILING THE WORKS

A delegation from Madagascar's Office des Mines Nationales et des Industries Stratégiques (OMNIS) led by its general manager Max Desire [...]

MEDIATOR GETS SUPPORT

Mediators from fifteen African countries assembled in the halls of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in [...]