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B. Digital. Oil. Ushahidi. Raharimanana. Climate. Libertatia. According to Johnson's description, Libertatia lasted for about 25 years. The precise location is not known, however, most sources say it stretched from the Bay of Antongil to Mananjary, including Île Sainte Marie and Foulpointe. Thomas Tew, Misson, and an Italian Dominican priest named Caraccioli were involved in founding it. Building upon the legend, Skol brewery released a beer, Libertalia whose advertising is largely centered around the island's history of piracy. Description[edit] Source:[2] The pirate utopia's motto was "for God and liberty," and its flag was white, in contrast to a Jolly Roger.

They were anarchist, waging war against states and lawmakers, attacking their ships, sparing prisoners, and freeing slaves. Misson was French, born in Provence, and it was while in Rome on leave from the French warship Victoire that he lost his faith, disgusted by the decadence of the Papal Court. Inconsistency[edit] The dates in Johnson's story do not add up. References[edit] Literature[edit] Madagascar to tackle taboo on twins | Lifestyle. By Fanja Saholiarisoa ANTANANARIVO Sun Oct 12, 2008 3:53pm IST ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - A victim of superstition on her Indian Ocean island home, 29-year-old Zaely never knew her twin sister, who was raised by somebody else.

They were born in southeast Madagascar's Mananjary district, where locals believe twins bring bad luck. Unlucky parents are forced to give them up, or be ostracized by their neighbors. "I have looked for her, but with no result," said Zaely, who makes a living selling handicrafts. Local taboos, or fady, are a major part of daily life on the giant island nation off Africa's east coast, which has long fascinated anthropologists with its unique mix of cultures. Some Malagasy people exhume the corpses of long-dead relatives as a sign of reverence, for example.

"I had to abandon my twins 10 years ago," said Voahirana Ruphine, a 40-year-old teacher. Since 1987, two Mananjary orphanages have received 236 abandoned twins, officials say. But Madagascar may now be cracking down. Information sur mada. Global Voices en Français " L'ombre de la Françafrique. Les troubles au Gabon, au Madagascar, et une élection contestée en Mauritanie ont donné corps à l'idée que l'influence de la France est toujours à l'oeuvre dans les vies politiques de ses anciennes colonies, où elle possède des intérêts économiques divers.

Cette stratégie d'influence est souvent résumée par le mot françafrique [les liens, sauf mention contraire, sont en français] . L’élection présidentielle au Gabon a été entachée d'accusations de fraudes quand Ali Bongo, le fils du président Omar Bongo, récemment décédé, a été déclaré vainqueur. L’ incendie du consulat de France à Port-Gentil, ville où est basé le siège de la société française Total, figure parmi les violences provoquées par l'annonce des résultats du scrutin.

Enfin, en Mauritanie, le général Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, qui a pris le pouvoir lors d'un coup d'état voici un an, a vu son régime légitimé par une élection que ses opposants estiment truquée. Red and Black Digital Journal. صحيفة تقدمي - اول صحيفة اخبارية موريتانية تصدر بثلاث لغات - موري. MADAGASCAR - Times Topics Blog. From Global Voices Online, a site that collects, edits and translates blogs from around the world: The political crisis in Madagascar, unfolding since late January, took yet another turn with the sound of gun shots and tear gas, as police and protestors clashed all over Antananarivo, the capital city.

Since the first meeting between President Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina more than a week ago, hopes for a swift resolution are fading as disagreements over the terms of the negotiations have led to a call for a national strike of undetermined length. Riot police patrol Antananarivo (photo courtesy of Avylavitra) [Read more] ( Soldiers in burned block by Mehmoud Karim) ) After two days of upheaval that resulted in an estimated death toll at 80 nationally, and the looting of dozens of stores, a day of relative calm greeted a stunned nation. Soldiers are now patrolling Antananarivo, and both parties have called for supporters to stand down. [Read more] Members of a Yahoo! [Read more] BARCAMP MADAGASCAR 2008 « GAZETY_ADALADALA.

Posted on 04/10/2008 by gazetyavylavitra Hafaliana lehibe tokoa ho anay taty Madagasikara ny nandray sy nahita an’i Eduardo Avila niara-nanatenateraka ny Barcamp-Madagascar 2008 androany 04 oktobra tao amin’ny IVOTEL Ambohidahy. Ny nampalahelo kely ahy fotsiny dia ny tsy nananako fakantsary teny amiko mba hitahirizako ny fotoana mamy tahaka ireny. Enga anie mba ho be no hahatahiry sary ka hahazo amin’izy ireny aho!

Betsaka ny mpandray anjara, ary tena notohaina fotsiny ny fanontaniana maro samihafa. Betsaka toy izany koa ny vela-kevitra nifanolorana, ary tena nitsangana aza ny mpanotrona sasany fa tsy ampy intsony ny seza. Tonga tao ny avy amin’ny fikambanana AMUL nanazàva ny momba ny Logiciels libres. Ny momba ny fahalalaham-pitenenana kosa no vela-kevitra nataoko nandritra ity Barcamp Madagascar 2008 ity. Nahafinaritra sy tamim-pirahalahiana ary tao anaty fahaizana mifanàja tanteraka no niatrehana ny fotoana. Like this: J'aime chargement… Global Voices Online » Madagascar Delegation Barred from UN Gene.

The political impasse in Madagascar has taken on new dimensions. In an attempt to legitimize the military-backed government on the international scene, Madagascar's current leader, Andry Rajoelina, was scheduled to take the floor at the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday, only to be barred from speaking. He was later rescheduled to address the Assembly at the following Friday session when the representative of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on behalf of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), formally protested his speech as he was about to take the floor. The motion was put to a vote (fr) and resulted in 23 against Rajoelina's presence at the stage, 4 in favor and 6 abstentions.

The procedure was marred with legal argumentation and a bit of confusion as one can observe on the following video by Malagasy blogger vatofototra: Congo's rep just called on member states (SADC or UN?) Rashaja is a bit perplexed: Samganegie adds (fr): . - Global Voices Online-we magazine. Southern Africa | Madagascar | MADAGASCAR: A cyclo. Cyclones bring massive flooding and displace thousands nearly every year in Madagascar Johannesburg, 6 April 2009 (IRIN) - Aid agencies and Madagascar's disaster management authority, which has been paralyzed by months of political turmoil, are scrambling to asses the damage after tropical cyclone "Jade" struck on 6 April. According to Tropical Storm Risk (TSR), a forecasting consortium supported by the UK's Meteorological office, Jade made landfall in northeastern Madagascar as a category 1 cyclone and is projected to weaken when it veers south along the east coast of the island.

"We still have no data - assessments are still underway and the situation remains unclear," Dia Styvanley Soa, spokeswoman for Madagascar's disaster management authority (BNGRC), told IRIN. Aid agencies were also awaiting further reports. "At the moment we don't have much information on the impact," Krystyna Bednarska, head of the World Food Programme in Madagascar, told IRIN. Concerns over capacity tdm/he. Madagascar. MAHARESAKA...VETO | Efa niongana i Andry Rajoelina. Ary ny namany sady ny praiminisitrany ihany no nanongana azy, no tohin'ny lohateny izay omeko anareo. Fomba fijery ny toe-java-misy amin'izao fotoana izao ity nosoratako ity.

Izay mpamaky ny bolongako dia mety ho nahatadidy ny nosoratako tamin'ny faran'ny volana janoary 2009 nanao lohateny manontany hoe: "TGV sy EMMO NAT: Tontosa ve ny fanonganam-panjakana? " Tontosa tokoa ilay fanonganam-panjakana roa volana latsaka taty aoriana. Ankehitriny kosa aho tsy hametraka intsony ilay lohateny manontany fa tsoa-kevitra avy amin'izay taratra ankehitriny no nampisongadina ny lohateny avy eo. Voalohany, raha nanao fanambarana i Andry Rajoelina ny amin'ny hananganan'ny "Praiminisitra" Monja Roindefo ny governemantan'ny fampihavanam-pirenena, dia tsy naheno na oviana na oviana aho tamin'io fotoana io fa hotendreny ho "Praiminisitra" aloha i Monja Roindefo.

Miandry isika hoe rahoviana no hiteny i Andry Rajoelina ary inona no hoteneniny. Lessons from AcaciaAfrica travel tweetup PR failure (Musings on. Madagascar : dictature is showing its real face. Less than 50 percent of Africans want democracy. Global Voices en Français » Madagascar : Causes et conséquences. La passation du pouvoir le 17 mars à Madagascar n'a pas mis un terme à l'agitation sur la grande île. 15 000 manifestants ont protesté contre le coup d'état samedi pour le sixième jour consécutif et ont été dispersés à coup de grenades lacrymogènes par l'armée trois jours de suite. Samedi 28, la police a tiré à balles réelles sur les manifestants. Le bilan s'élève à 34 blessés et quelques personnes dont on est sans nouvelles. Stephen Ellis, co-auteur avec Solofo Randrianja de Madagascar: A Short History, et professeur à l'Université libre d'Amsterdam, explique les racines du mécontentement à Madagascar : L'instabilité de Madagascar résulte en grande partie de l'addition d'une extrême pauvreté (qui touche 70% de la population) et d'un des taux de natalité les plus importants au monde sur l'île (la population est passé de moins de 3 millions de personnes vers 1900 à 6 millions en 1960, et 20 millions aujourd'hui).

Voici une vidéo des événements, relatés par l'ambassadeur des Etats-Unis : Auto-dérision. Dans un pénitencier international, les prisonniers sont placés en groupes dans de profonds trous, en fonction de leurs nationalités. Le Secrétaire général des Nations unies y effectue une visite pour contrôler l’application des Droits de l’Homme, et constate que devant chaque trou, il y a des gardes sévèrement armés pour empêcher les évasions. Cependant il note qu’un trou est laissé sans surveillance, alors que des prisonniers s’y trouvent. Etonné, il demande une explication au directeur, qui lui répond qu’en fait, « ».

Essayez de sourire, c’était une blague. Bien entendu, en tant que Malgache, on ne peut que rire jaune à la lecture de cette blague, qui ne peut être qu’une sale blague racontée par des abrutis dans une soirée fortement avinée. Le complexe de l’insulaire Nous autres malgaches avons une haute opinion de nous-mêmes. Cendrillon et Cosette ? Primo, la sagesse de choix économiques à des moments cruciaux. Secundo, la stabilité politique. Le malgache et le développement. BLOODY SATURDAY « The Cyber Observer. It is only now that I can talk about it … The events which occured last Saturday were too traumatizing for myself, my family and my friends (workmates included). Fucking shit! This stupid rally has gone too far! I’m damn pissed off with all bullshits which are happening to my country. What’s happening to us guys?

Do we all go bananas? I’m feeling like a little bottle within the ocean … Who will pick me up and read my SOS message? “Bloody Saturday” This is the name that I decided to give to that dark day of February 07th, 2009. Place of May 13th After 02 days of interruption, the TGV and the opposition gathered people again on the place of May 13th, on Saturday February 07th, 2009.

There were a lot of people in place of May 13th It is quite difficult for me to assess the exact number of the poeple who joined the rally Most of the famous political leaders from the opposition were there. Maître Oh là là! General Désiré Ramakavelo, former minister of defence "députés" from the National Assembly. Madagascar Tribune | Un profond changement. A quelque chose, malheur est bon dit-on. Cet adage est en train d’être vérifié par le cours des événements politiques et sociaux dans le pays depuis mi-décembre 2008. Qui aurait pu imaginer que ce peuple si attaché aux traditions et si paternaliste, porte un jour un jeune à la tête d’un mouvement populaire ? Un « boay kely » ou un jeunot en quelque sorte, qui tient tête aux « raiamandreny » de toutes les catégories. Les parents dans la grande famille de l’Est d’Antananarivo n’ont pu « corriger » ce « boay kely ». Les religieux, catholiques ou protestants ou issus des « sectes » n’y ont vu que du feu dans leurs tentatives respectives pour « remettre le jeunot dans le droit chemin » ; plus qu’un entêté dit-on.

L’éducation : aux parents ! Y a-t-il risque de dégradation plus grave encore de la société malgache s’inquiète-t-on alors dans les chaumières ? Le risque à courir Heureusement, dans cette crise d’adolescence, les perspectives de dialogue ne sont pas complètement coupées. Protests in Madagascar and the Importance of Cit. As Juliana and I emphasized during a presentation at last year's MobileActive conference in South Africa, just because over three billion people are equipped with cell phones, which can be used as tools for reporting during emergencies, that doesn't mean the world has three billion citizen journalists ready and able to cover every natural disaster, political uprising, and news-worthy event they encounter. The recent coverage of Tropical Storm Eric, Cyclone Fanele, and the ongoing protests and political turmoil in Madagascar by local citizen journalists reveals the importance of 1.) citizen journalism training programs, 2.) the translation and contextualization of local content for a global audience, and 3.) networks of media groups so that local voices can be amplified and understood when breaking news hits.

Foko Madagascar bloggers Diana and Lomelle at last year's E-bit conference. The intensity of political protests then escalated. L'Express de Madagascar Online : quotidien d'informati. Madagascar, Daewoo et le néocolonialisme - Survie Midi Pyrénées. Mercredi 3 décembre 2008 Dénonçons la course aux terres agricoles, nouvelle pratique de « néocolonialisme » : le cas de Madagascar Depuis le 19 novembre dernier, l’attention de la presse et de l’opinion publique internationales se focalise sur Madagascar à la suite de l’annonce par un ministre sud-coréen de la signature d’un contrat de ‘location’ de 1,300 millions d’hectares de terrains arables pour 99 ans par une société sud-coréenne Daewoo Logistics en vue de la culture de maïs et de palmiers.

Les détails du contrat révélé par la presse internationale, suite aux déclarations faites par le directeur financier de Daewoo Logistics, Shin Dong-hyun, lundi 17 novembre à la presse sud-coréenne sont préoccupants et sans précédent : - La surface louée représente l’équivalent de la moitié de la Belgique. Ou encore de la moitié des surfaces cultivables à Madagascar. - Daewoo plantera du maïs sur 1 million d’hectares dans la zone Ouest et du palmier à huile à l’Est sur 300 000 hectares. Vololona.

Investing | Africa - Reuters.com. Southern Africa | Madagascar | MADAGASCAR: Governm. Remote regions Antananarivo, 24 October 2008 (IRIN) - Madagascar has embarked on a major campaign to reduce maternal and infant mortality, but malaria, respiratory diseases and diarrhoea, a consequence of the lack of access to clean water and poor sanitation, remain among the biggest causes of child deaths. Every eight minutes a child younger than five years dies in Madagascar, mostly from easily treatable or preventable illnesses. Dr Hajaharifidy Rasolofo, head of the Sabotsy Namehana health clinic, a town about 17km from the capital, Antananarivo, told IRIN: "Respiratory diseases and diarrhoea are the main causes of death here.

Poor sanitation is a huge problem and so is malnutrition ... [it] is the quality and the quantity of food that children receive. " In 2008 the government launched a Mother and Child Health Week, to be held every six months, as one of government's most ambitious health care initiatives. Cc/go/he. Reuters AlertNet - Bloggers fear impact of economic crisis on Ma. Foko_madagascar's Photostream. GAC Representatives | GAC Website. Evénement en faveur des enfants d’Haïti et de Madagascar, à rela. Untitled. Man bailed as lemurs seized in Banbridge and Ballymen. Niger : The Dark Decade of Coups: Can African Dictators Learn fr. Razia, 'Zebu Nation' MADAGASCAR: Textile industry unravels | Southern A. Pourquoi nous sommes silencieux ? : Citoyenne Malgache.

Chronicle of a death foretold. AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Erection of the ecclesiastical province of T. Madagascar traders ready $50m shipment of illegally logged rainf. Impunité à #Madagascar: quelles soluti. Observatory - Why Do Lizards Have Ears? To Eavesdrop, Perhaps - Des images insolites lors de l'atelier « teny ifampierana » FOKO: The Power Of Storytelling. Mapping the growth of the internet.

Watch these – it’s john cleese in madagascar! – spotlight madaga. FriendFeed. NewsPress encore et toujours : Quand la désinformation TGV vire. Le commandant Charles Randrianasoavina en veut toujours plus : T. 2009 Human Rights Report: Madagascar. Madagascar: foreste distrutte e connivenze politiche - LASTAMPA. Bitter plight of the vanilla trade children - Times Online. Total, une malédiction pour Madagascar. Untitled. Globalization and Accountability in Co. Global Voices en Français » Un an après le putsch, les dirigeant. An area of convection located off East... - Madagascar - FriendF. Worst in Aid: the Grand Prize. The BOBs - Deutsche Welle - Concours de blogs. MADAGASCAR: Struggling to reach cyclone-hit villag. MADAGASCAR: A year of crisis | Southern Africa | M. Andry Nirina Rajoelina: An Open Letter to the Friends of Madagas.

Marc Ravalomanana: Democracy Is the Only Solution in Madagascar. WWF calls to stop illegal logging as plundering of Madagas. Global Voices Online » Year After Coup, Madagascar’s Leaders Fac.