Madagascarโs incumbent President Rajoelina takes early lead in vote marked by boycott, low turnout
Madagascarโs incumbent President Andry Rajoelina has taken a commanding lead in the island nationโs presidential election, which is being boycotted by the majority of candidates and is marked by low turnout.
In southern Madagascar, 'nothing to feed our children'
Children shelter from the sun in Ankilimarovahatsy, Madagascar, a village in the far south of the island where most children are acutely malnourished, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. โWe, the parents, have nothing to feed our children aside from tamarind and the cactus that we find around us,โ she said. Mothers are now trying to feed their children with unripe mangoes, and with tamarind mixed with clay. One mother, Toharano, said four of her 14 children died in June and July. โThe children wake in the night, hungry.โThe names of the dead are kept in a notebook held by the village leader, Refanampy.
Madagascar stadium stampede kills 16 during celebrations
Bernard Gagnon/Wikimedia(CNN) - A stampede at a stadium during Madagascar's independence day celebrations killed 16 people and left 101 people injured, an official told CNN. The incident happened at the entrance of the stadium as the crowd jostled to get through the gate at the Mahamasina stadium in the capital Antananarivo. The president wished the wounded a speedy recovery and announced his government would foot the hospital bill for those injured. "My wife and I are upset by the tragic jostling at the entrance to the #Mahamasina stadium. Nearly 40 soccer fans were injured and one person was crushed to death last September as they tried to gain entrance to the same stadium.