Madagascar
A Call From the Madagascar Council of Churches
[Malagasy Christian Council of Churches]
Antananarivo -
The Malagasy Christian Council of Churches (FFKM) released a declaration on the crisis in Madagascar. The PC(USA) works in partnership with the Church of Jesus Christ in Madagascar (FJKM), which was formed by the union of three churches in 1968. The FJKM is a …
AllAfrica News: Madagascar
Lake Tana Transport Reels in U.S.$18.1 Million for New Boats
[Addis Fortune]
New boats are hoped to increase tourism income through easier access to island monasteries…
AllAfrica News: Madagascar
KWS Rangers Pursue Poachers in Tana River
[The Star]
The Kenya Wildlife Service rangers in Tana River county are pursuing two gangs of suspected poachers, who escaped after a fierce gun fight over the weekend. The rangers, who were on patrol encountered the two gangs of six poachers each at two different locations at Tana River and Garsen….
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Peer Pressure to Stop Teen Pregnancy
[IRIN]
Antsohihy -
Daughters as young as 12 in the villages surrounding Antsohihy, the capital of Sofia Region, in Madagascar’s remote, traditional north, often suffer the harmful consequences of falling pregnant and giving birth too young when parents accept zebus (cattle) or cash as a dowry….
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Two French Questionned Over Double Murder
[RFI]
Police in Madagascar are questioning two French people in connection with the murder of a French couple, – Gerald Fontaine and his pregnant girlfriend Johanna Delahaye – on a deserted beach in the south of the island two weeks ago….
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Peace Corps Volunteers Teach Malaria Prevention
[State Department]
Washington -
In commemoration of World Malaria Day April 25, thousands of Peace Corps volunteers participated in events to help educate communities on malaria prevention and ways to reduce malaria-related deaths….
AllAfrica News: Madagascar
Global Fund Reaches Remote Communities With Anti-Malaria Medicines
[Global Fund]
Geneva -
An innovative initiative led by the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria to put affordable and effective anti-malaria medicines in remote communities in Africa, is making rapid progress in Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda….
AllAfrica News: Madagascar
Small Steps Towards Land Reform
[IRIN]
Talata -
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 national programme of far-reaching and much needed land reforms aimed at recognizing local land rights and decentralizi…
AllAfrica News: Madagascar
Interclube Coach’s Caldas – We Just Have Beat Tana At Home
[CAF]
Interclube of Angola entertains visiting Tana FC of Madagascar in the return leg of the round of 16 Orange CAF Confederation Cup looking to reverse a 2-0 loss from the first leg. …
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Interclube Through After Goalkeeper Tsherry’s Heroics
[CAF]
Interclube FC of Angola turned the tables on Tana Formation of Madagascar in the Orange CAF Confederation Cup match played in Luanda at the weekend….
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