Tag: Madagascar
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49-year-old Rajoelina re-elected President of Madagascar
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has been re-elected to a second five-year term, despite an opposition boycott of the election in the south-eastern African island country.
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Madagascar begs for aid as country’s COVID-19 cases soars despite herbal drink
Cracks are appearing in Madagascar’s government after its health minister requested international help to cope with a surge in COVID-19 cases. And this is despite an official campaign to promote a touted fix for the virus, the herbal drink called COVID-ORGANICS. The government has been distributing the herbal drink that President Andry Rajoelina has proclaimed…
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Mad as Madagascar – Azu Ishiekwene
Azu Ishiekwene In the fight against COVID-19, the war between biology and economics has just expanded to the nationalist front, spilling over with the ferociousness of a zero-sum game. Madagascar President, Andry Rajoelina, believes that the reason why the world is not giving his country’s miracle herbal formula the accolade it deserves is because of…
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Just in: Despite claims to remedy, Madagascar records first Coronavirus death
Madagascar on Sunday reported the first death of a patient suffering from novel coronavirus nearly two months after it was first detected in the country. According to local daily L’Express de Madagascar, the case is a 57-year-old man, a parking lot security officer at a hospital in the city of Toamasina. The first death comes…
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Buhari gives condition for use of Madagascar’s coronavirus drug in Nigeria
President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed that Madagascar’s COVID-19 cure syrup be brought to Nigeria, Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on coronavirus control, Boss Mustapha, said on Monday. Confirming the development, Mustapha who doubles as the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), during the PTF briefing in Abuja, said: The Madagascar COVID-19…
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Madagascar’s COVID-19 cure drugs sent to Nigeria
The Republic of Madagascar has offered its herbal drug – COVID Organics (COV) – to Nigeria and other African countries. The drug is for prevention and cure of Coronavirus. Nigeria’s consignment has been sent to Equatorial Guinea from where it will be airlifted to Abuja. For ease of transportation, African countries were divided into zones…
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Senegal okays Madagascar’s anti-COVID-19 drug
Senegal has approved Madagascar’s Covid Organics (CVO), an herbal potion for clinical trials that is said to cure coronavirus of COVID-19 pandemic patients, reported local media. “We are moving to use the Artemisia [the main component of the CVO]. On our side. We are evaluating it scientifically. We have given green light” Daouda Ndiaye, head…
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Madagascar unveils herbal medicine against Coronavirus
Despite a warning by the World Health Organization (WHO) that there is currently no cure for COVID-19, the president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, on Monday launched a herbal medicine believed to cure and prevent the virus. The herbal medicine developed by Malagasy Institute of Applied Research and branded COVID-Organics, contains Artemisia – a plant on…
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2019 AFCON: Madagascar was our joker, says Rohr
Super Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr has suggested the team’s loss to Madagascar could be a blessing in disguise and the major reason they are still in the race for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) title. The Eagles were beaten 2-0 by the Barea at Alexandria Stadium in their last Group B encounter…
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Tunisia end Madagascar’s 2019 AFCON dream
Tunisia ended Madagascar’s remarkable Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) run when they beat the rank outsiders 3-0 in their quarter-final on Thursday. Interestingly, Tunisia notched their first win of the tournament in the process. Madagascar, a country with little football tradition and who had not been expected to progress beyond the group stage on their…