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Madagascar
Vanilla museum awaits final green light from Paris

In the next few weeks, the House of Vanilla initiative will go before a commission of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to receive final approval. [...]

Published on 18/06/2024 at 05:40 GMT

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Madagascar
Cime
Conseil national de la vanille
Edgard Razafindravahy
Georges Geeraerts
Groupement des exportateurs de vanille de Madagascar
Jean Laborde
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France looks set to return what is believed to be the skull of the Sakalava king Toera, beheaded in 1897 by French colonial troops, more than 20 years after Madagascar first asked for it. It hopes the restitution can coincide with President Macron's visit to the country next year.

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Andry Rajoelina and Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris, 26 July 2024.

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Belgian embassy struggling to sell its former premises in Kinshasa

Nearly six years after relocating its embassy to a new building, Belgium is still looking for a buyer for its old premises, but offers are few and far between.

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CNV keeps vanilla industry waiting

Trade minister Edgard Razafindravahy has once again postponed elections to the board of this parastatal, which is responsible for issuing vanilla export licences.

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Edgard Razafindravahy in Antananarivo's town hall on 13 May 2013

Madagascar
Exporters back House of Vanilla project

The historic home of the French industrialist Jean Laborde is to become a museum dedicated to this typically Madagascan spice. The project is being supported by the French embassy.

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Rajoelina's infighting advisers pursue their own business interests

Andry Rajoelina relies on a handful of loyal followers, some of whom have backed him since the coup that first brought him to power in Madagascar in 2009. But his inner circle, whose members use their positions to pursue their own business interests, is riven by internecine battles.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 29.09.2023

Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina in Antananarivo on 26 June 2023.

Madagascar
Rajoelina puts his people in new vanilla body to take control of the sector

By appointing government figures to the recently established Comité de la Vanille de Madagascar, President Andry Rajoelina is seeking to get a grip on a sector that has been in turmoil for several months. We spill the beans on who's in the new entity.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 29.05.2023

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina in October 2021.

Madagascar
Vanilla piles up as importers look elsewhere

The impending vanilla harvest in Madagascar is expected to be bountiful, but traders are worried about the large quantity of unsold stock leftover from last year.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 26.05.2023

In Focus | Madagascar
How vanilla price crisis has rocked Madagascar government

The vanilla industry, which accounts for 5% of Madagascar's GDP, is at the centre of a power struggle between the government and major players in the sector, most of whom are foreign. Key to the battle is the minimum price set by Antananarivo.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics, Business 03.04.2023

The vanilla industry is at the heart of a power struggle between the Malagasy government and the sector's economic operators, over which the shadow of Mamy Ravatomanga looms.

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Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

Madagascar
Vanilla museum awaits final green light from Paris

Spotlight | Madagascar
Return of royal skull may coincide with Macron's Madagascar visit

DRC
Belgian embassy struggling to sell its former premises in Kinshasa

Madagascar
CNV keeps vanilla industry waiting

Madagascar
Exporters back House of Vanilla project

Inner circles | Madagascar
Rajoelina's infighting advisers pursue their own business interests

Madagascar
Rajoelina puts his people in new vanilla body to take control of the sector

Madagascar
Vanilla piles up as importers look elsewhere

In Focus | Madagascar
How vanilla price crisis has rocked Madagascar government