AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoBiodiversity Breakthrough: Seven new diamond frog species have been described in Madagascar after 12 years of research, using fieldwork, museum specimens and DNA to clarify identities and map where they live—key for conservation in the island’s fast-shrinking forests. Public Health Response: Madagascar is being forced to “fractionally dose” mpox vaccines, splitting doses into fifths to stretch limited supplies during the country’s largest outbreak, with at least 4,000 cases reported and over a million people at risk from clade 1b. Energy & Governance: Madagascar’s government has started taking direct control of fuel imports to end a private monopoly, with a first state diesel shipment for JIRAMA due to arrive in Toamasina on 12 August to keep power plants running. Land & Sovereignty: Madagascar’s High Constitutional Court has validated a law letting the state reclaim colonial-era land still registered under foreign names as of independence, with exemptions for diplomatic properties and land already transferred to Malagasy citizens.
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