THE burgeoning cases of innocent minors becoming victims of sexual perverts and predators is driving official interventions in many jurisdictions in the direction of draconian measures to rein in the menace. Recently, a court in Madagascar sentenced a man …
For the first time in Madagascar, a court has ruled that surgical castration be carried out on a sex offender, who raped and murdered a six-year-old girl. The 24-year-old man has been sentenced to surgical castration and life imprisonment with hard labour …
Human rights review called on Madagascar to combat anti-LGBT violence and hate Benjamin Alexis Rakotomandimby, Madagascar’s minister of justice. (Photo courtesy of L’Express) A coalition of LGBT+ rights organizations in Madagascar is protesting the …
Imagine unearthing your ancestors’ remains, rewrapping them in a fresh silk shroud, and dancing with them to the beat of drums and laughter. This is not some kind of fantasy, it is a reality in Madagascar. Famadihana, or turning of the bones, is a unique …
On December 18, 2023, the DDF published the Declaration Fiducia Supplicans, which authorizes the non-ritual blessing of irregular couples: cohabiting couples, divorced and remarried couples, and same-sex couples. This publication caused a storm, …
ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lankan authorities are in discussion with the officials of “Dr Fridtjof of Nansen” (F. Nansen), a state-of-the-art research vessel, to extend its research time in the Indian Ocean after the island nation’s delay in approving the vessel …
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