Indian Ocean Express

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...

Menaces sur la production électrique La production électrique de Maurice est sérieusement menacée par l’arrêt des opérations du terminal pétrolier de Fujaïrah (United Arab Emirates), where does the fuel oil go from for the Saint-Louis thermal power plants?, Fort Victoria and Fort George. All three units provide, ensemble, about 40% of the country's electricity. But at the beginning of March, a boat which was to transport the fuel which....

An enarque, former policeman, nouveau Premier ministre Mamitiana Rajaonarison a été nommé Premier ministre de Madagascar le 15 mars, a few days after the dismissal of his predecessor by the president of the Malagasy transition, Michaël Randrianirina. Aged 53, the new head of government is a former gendarme, from the same promotion of the Antsirabé Military Academy as the....

Air Seychelles sur Mahé-Paris La compagnie seychelloise a lancé le 20 mars un programme de trois vols hebdomadaires directs entre Mahé et Paris, planned with a 290-seat B787 Dreamliner belonging to Etihad Airways. This program is scheduled to last one month and could be renewed if the war in the Middle East continues to disrupt air connections passing through the hubs..

Froid diplomatique entre Maurice et les Maldives L’île Maurice a suspendu le 27 février ses relations diplomatiques avec les Maldives, who decided to no longer recognize Mauritian sovereignty over Chagos. In 2025, the archipelago, which is home to a major US military base in Diego Garcia, had been officially returned to Mauritius by the United Kingdom. But the finalization of this....

La zone franche installée pour cinq ans Inscrit dans la loi de programmation pour la refondation de Mayotte, the global free zone regime for the entire Mahorais territory came into force on March 3, 2026, with retroactive effect from January 1, for a period of five years. Companies from almost every sector, if they count less....

«M'safara», futur réseau de bus interurbain Début février, Mahorais were invited to vote online on the baptismal name of the future interurban bus network. They had to choose between four proposals. The result of the vote, in which nearly 2,500 people participated, was announced on February 17 during the plenary session of the assembly of....