Tag: #Madagascar
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Dozens dead after tropical Storm Ana hits Africa
The death toll from a typhoon in three South African countries rose to 70 on Thursday as emergency teams battled to repair damaged infrastructure and help tens of thousands of victims.
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Madagascar leader backs herbal ‘cure’ over Covid vaccines
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has said he does not plan to vaccinate himself against Covid-19, preferring a herbal “remedy”
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Madagascar opposition protests against pandemic response
Antananarivo, March 6 (AFP/APP):Hundreds of anti-government protesters took to the streets in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo on Saturday, denouncing alleged mismanagement of coronavirus funds and economic hardship. Demonstrators in red t-shirts and face masks gathered for the first opposition protest to be authorised since presidential elections in 2018. Authorities deployed a heavy military and police presence…
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‘WHO offered me a bribe for poisoning coronavirus medicine’: Madagascar’s president claims
MADAGASCAR: Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina reveals that the World Health Organization offered him a 20 million bribe for poisoning the coronavirus medicine. This important revelation was made by the president of the East African country of Madagascar, Rejeolina, in an interview to a newspaper. He said that the coronavirus is nothing more than a common…
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Winning Start for Madagascar as they Seek More Glory
Johannesburg, Nov 16 (AFP/APP): Madagascar, the surprise team of the last Africa Cup of Nations, kicked off their 2021 qualifying campaign with a 1-0 win over Ethiopia on Saturday through a Rayan Raveloson goal. The 22-year-old midfielder from French second-tier side Troyes netted on 19 minutes in Antananarivo for the hosts, who are ranked 95th…
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Hundreds of thousands expected at Pope Francis’s Madagascar mass
Antananarivo, Sept 8 (AFP/APP):Up to 800,000 people were on Sunday expected to gather in the Madagascan capital Antananarivo to hear Pope Francis say mass on the second leg of his three-nation African tour. Many had already started setting up tents on the outskirts of the city on Friday, armed with posters of the Argentine pontiff.…