Stories about Malagasy from September, 2008
Madagascar: Saluting Rado, a Poet Legend
Bloggers in Madagascar mourn the passing of a renowned poet.
Madagascar: Living abroad changes a man
In an article published in March, economists William Easterly and Yaw Nyarko noted that in Sub-Saharan Africa, remittances (money sent by immigrants abroad back to their home countries) on average amounted to 81 percent of the foreign aid received by an individual country. The role of the diaspora in the...
Madagascar: Arrest of opposition leader at a public marketplace
Gazety Avylavitra publishes photos of the very public arrest of one of the leaders of the political opposition Henri Lecacheur at the marketplace on friday morning (8/29/008) by a SWAT team wearing face masks(mg).