ANTANANARIVO – For the first time in recorded history, more than one hundred million people are displaced globally.
The official vote on the next Director General of the IOM is scheduled for May 15. Pope said, “I am grateful to the Government of Madagascar for inviting me here to discuss how IOM can better serve the needs of the most vulnerable people and how we can collectively build better solutions in the face of the climate crises. These forms of migration are important in Madagascar, where climate change has forced families to relocate to new regions and find new livelihoods, and some Malagasy people leave the country to live and work elsewhere in the world. We are also grateful for Madagascar’s important contributions to UN peacekeeping.” Sison and Pope met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Yvette Sylla and Minister of the Interior Justin Tokely to discuss ways IOM Member States like Madagascar meet both current and future challenges and promote the opportunities that can come from safe, orderly, and humane migration. Pope discussed her experience working with communities displaced by climate change and developing responses to migration challenges.
IndustriALL Global Union and its affiliates in Madagascar are intensifying their campaign for release of unfairly jailed trade unionist, Sento Chang, ...
“We denounce and protest the serious trade union rights violations in the country as evidenced by this imprisonment and would like to urge ALSICO, E-toile SA and the government of Madagascar to take action that will culminate in the immediate release of Brother Sento Chang. The Committee requests the government to provide its comments on these serious allegations. Even the request for provisional release and appeal of the judgment, filed by our lawyer remains unanswered,”
In Madagascar, elected officials denounce the lack of impartiality of the High Constitutional Court, but also the pressure exerted by President Rajoelina on ...
The deputies believe that its members “are at the boot of power, at the boot of the executive”. The President of the National Assembly had, in the words of the President of the Republic, felt "humiliated". The parliamentarians were not very receptive, disappointed by the government's inertia, but also by its interference in the internal affairs of the National Assembly.