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Madagascar is set to overhaul its legal framework to combat cybercrime and modernize regulations governing electronic communications and digital infrastructure. According to the Ministry of Digital Development, Posts, and Telecommunications (MNDPT), the government has approved several measures, including the signing of the UN Cybercrime Convention (the “Hanoi Convention”) and joining the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation […]

This Friday afternoon, many neighborhoods in Antananarivo and its surrounding areas experienced two-hour power outages. According to Jirama, this is a rotating load shedding caused by a production deficit estimated at 20MW on the Antananarivo Interconnected Network (RIA). This deficit is attributed to a technical problem affecting a production machine at the Combustion Turbine (TAC

The U.S. diplomatic mission to Madagascar and the Comoros has welcomed a new diplomat. Career diplomat Tom Bevan assumed his duties as First Counselor at the U.S. Embassy this August. Until a new ambassador is confirmed, he will also serve as Chargé d’Affaires at the American Embassy in Antananarivo. He succeeds Melanie Higgins, who had

It is now official. Jean-Marc Grosgurin is the new French Ambassador to Madagascar. His appointment was confirmed by a decree signed on August 7, 2026, by French President Emmanuel Macron and published in the Official Journal of the French Republic on August 8. The new head of French diplomacy in Madagascar succeeds Arnaud Guillois, who