AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoUrban Resilience Funding: The World Bank approved $225m for Madagascar’s PRODUIRE2 to cut flood risk, upgrade drainage and waste systems, and rebuild cyclone-damaged housing in Greater Antananarivo and Toamasina, aiming by 2032 to reach 1.5m people. Parliament Pushes Connectivity: Lawmakers urged faster rural telecom roll-out after regions were left without mobile and digital networks, citing hundreds of coverage requests and limited expansion so far. Deep-Sea Mining Warning: A new policy push says countries including Madagascar should back a precautionary pause on deep-sea mining in international waters, framing it as an environmental and maritime security risk. Sports (Regional): Ghana’s Diamond Rackets depart for Botswana’s Billie Jean King Cup Africa Group III, with Madagascar among the competing nations. Science (Madagascar Link): Researchers are developing diving “cyborg cockroaches” using Madagascar hissing cockroaches, with suits that can keep them moving underwater for up to three hours. Crime (Transit Route): Thai customs arrested a South African man over 17.5kg of heroin hidden in coffee and tea bags, with the route including Madagascar.
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