Indian Ocean Express

Les importations de riz inquiètent les producteurs locaux Les importations de riz à Madagascar ont triplé en un an. This sharp increase worries national producers. Essential due to the current inability of Malagasy rice farmers to meet the needs of the population, outside purchases, often tax-free to put them within the reach of low-credit consumers, weaken a....

Un établissement public pour le port de Longoni Le Département-Région de Mayotte et l’Établissement public du port de commerce de Mayotte (EPPCM) presented at the beginning of August the new price list for the port of Longoni which will come into force on September 1. It concerns in particular the provision of lifting and handling equipment, storage of goods, containers....

Objective 2035 : 60 % d’énergies renouvelables Avec l’objectif d’atteindre 60 % d’énergies renouvelables dans son mix électrique à l’horizon 2035, Mauritius has recently taken several measures aimed at supporting the development of photovoltaic electricity production. The Central Electricity Board has issued tenders for 220 megawatts of solar generation with storage, while individuals will be able....

La coopération La Réunion-Madagascar passe par Majunga Elles s’étaient refroidies depuis l’arrivée de militaires au pouvoir à Tananarive : relations between Reunion and Madagascar are warming up. Early July Wilfrid Bertile, the tireless regional advisor responsible for external relations, met the Minister of the Interior and Decentralization, “in order to discuss in particular the decentralized cooperation partnerships initiated with....

Liaisons aériennes rétablies avec Madagascar Le 30 juillet dernier, a Madagascar Airlines ATR landed for the first time in five years at Hahaya airport, in Grande Comore, from Majunga. Interrupted since the 2020 health crisis, air links between the two countries had not been reactivated after the seizure and subsequent detention by the....

Les Etats-Unis s’intéressent aux terres rares Les minerais critiques attirent les convoitises états-uniennes dans tous les continents, including in Madagascar. The government agency International Development Finance Corporation has decided to hire 4,8 million dollars, alongside the Australian company Harena Rare Earths, to start operating a mining site in the Ampasindava region (northwest coast of the Big Island). The basement....

Ewa Air dessert de nouveau Tananarive Depuis le 3 avril dernier, the Mahorese company Ewa Air, Air Air Air subsidiary, relaunched the regular Dzaoudzi-Tananarive connection. Its 64-seat ATR 72-600 flies twice a week between Mayotte and the Malagasy capital : Tuesday, and Friday. A Sunday frequency will be added during peak seasons. In 2016 and....

Nouvelle autoroute entre le nord et l’est bientôt en chantier La construction de l’autoroute M4, which will connect Forbach (northern Mauritius) in Bel Air (east of the island) will start in three months. This two times three tracks, 30 kilometers long, must enter service in 2029. Costing 10,8 billion rupees (approximately 196 million euros), she will be....

Un nouveau secrétaire général pour la COI Dans les entités internationales, the regime change that occurred in October 2025 in Madagascar causes delayed waves within the representations of the Big Island. Edgard Razafindravahy, Secretary General of the Indian Ocean Commission since July 2024, was thus asked to give up his place to Ibrahim Norbert Richard, Who...

Les ressources minières profitent peu au pays En dépassant le Mozambique, Madagascar is now the leading African producer of natural graphite. In 2024, the Big Island produced 85,000 tonnes of this ore and 80,000 tonnes in 2025, against 39,000 tonnes and 60,000 tonnes for Mozambique, selon l’United States Geological Survey. Graphite from the Molo site, exploited...