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Spotlight | Madagascar
Money grab for CNV national vanilla council funds

A woman sorts vanilla pods by size in Antalaha, northeast Madagascar, September 2023. — A woman sorts vanilla pods by size in Antalaha, northeast Madagascar, September 2023. © Ako Randrianarivelo/ZUMA Press Wire/Reuters

Suspended by a decision from Colonel Michael Randrianirina, the body leaves behind it a sum of several tens of millions of dollars, which are now contested by several major exporters of the precious spice. [...]

Published on 15/05/2026 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 5 minutes Laure Verneau

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