By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on L'Express de Madagascar
Madagascar's Ministry of Energy and Hydrocarbons has handed the Antananarivo Urban Commune six hundred Cobra-type street lamps at a ceremony on Monday 9 November 2026 at the Analakely town hall. Three hundred will be distributed at fifty per district, and the other three hundred will be managed directly by the municipality, according to L'Express de Madagascar.
A man was injured by a dog on the evening of 7 November in Analakely, in Antananarivo, while its owner held the animal on a leash. The Urban Commune of Antananarivo recalled the rules on controlling dogs and the penalties incurred for violence against municipal police officers, according to L'Express de Madagascar.
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Source: L'Express de Madagascar ·
The Nigerian police recorded 418 homicides and 227 kidnappings in eight weeks, according to their November 2026 performance report. They arrested 1,519 suspects and recovered 191 firearms in operations carried out with the army.
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The NGO Mobile Hilfe Madagaskar inaugurated a hospital and logistics centre in Ambovo on 6 November for residents of fourteen fokontany. General consultations and childbirth services cost 1,000 ariary, according to L’Express de Madagascar.
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Source: L'Express de Madagascar ·
Madagascar’s customs administration is deploying body cameras to strengthen checks and prevent corruption. The measure is part of initiatives by Madagascar’s Ministry of Economy and Finance to promote transparency, according to Midi Madagasikara.
🇲🇬 Madagascar · Source: Midi Madagasikara ·
Two classrooms renovated at Ambohibary Mananasy, in central MadagascarTwo classrooms at the Ambohibary Mananasy public primary school, in the Soavinandriana district, Itasy region, have been renovated for 22 million ariary, thanks to the Ombona association. The school had been damaged by Cyclone Gezani; the inauguration was held on Saturday in the presence of local authorities, according to Midi Madagasikara.
Ahmed Haroun, wanted by the ICC, held in custody in SudanThe Sudanese army arrested Ahmed Haroun, a figure of the former regime and ex-aide to Omar al-Bashir, on Sunday 8 November, and he has been placed in custody. Like the former president, he had been wanted by the International Criminal Court since 2007, according to RFI.The week in Africa
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