2022 in Madagascar explained

This article is about events in the year 2022 in Madagascar

Incumbents

• President: Andry Rajoelina
• Prime Minister: Christian Ntsay

Events

Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in Madagascar; 2021–2022 Madagascar famine; 2022 Africa floods

See also: Public holidays in Madagascar.

• 18 January – 2022 Antananarivo floods: At least ten people are killed by floods in Antananarivo.^[1]
  • 24 January – Tropical Storm Ana kills 23 people in Madagascar.^[2]
• 6 February – Cyclone Batsirai, a category 4 cyclone on the Saffir–Simpson scale, kills at least 10 people and displaces more than 48,000 after making landfall in Madagascar.^[3]
• 8 March – Cyclone Gombe makes landfall in the Sava Region.
• 29 August – In Ikongo,18 people are killed and 34 are wounded when police open fire on a group protesting the kidnapping of a child with albinism.^[4]

Sports

• 4 – 20 February: Madagascar at the 2022 Winter Olympics
• 4 – 14 August: 2022 FIBA U18 African Championship (Host)^[5]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in Africa
• 2022–23 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
• International Organization of Francophone countries (OIF)

Notes and References

1. Web site: AfricaNews . 2022-01-18 . 10 killed by floods in Madagascar . 2022-09-20 . Africanews . en.
2. News: Tropical Storm Ana Madagascar . 2022-09-20 . Bloomberg.com. 24 January 2022 .
3. Web site: 2022-02-06 . Several reported dead after Cyclone Batsirai causes devastation in Madagascar . 2022-09-20 . France 24 . en.
4. Web site: Madagascar police shoot 18 dead in albino kidnap protest: Medic . 2022-09-20 . www.aljazeera.com . en.
5. Web site: One month to the FIBA U18 African Championship 2022 . 2022-09-20 . FIBA.basketball . en.