The following is a list of newspapers and news publications in Madagascar. Most are headquartered in the city of Antananarivo. As of the mid-1960s, there were "18 dailies, 48 weeklies, 60 monthlies, 10 bimonthlies, and 19 quarterlies" in publication.[1]
Current publications
| Newspaper | First issued | Frequency | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Écho du Sud | 1929 | Weekly | French | Owned by Ferber Enterprises |
| Ao Raha | Daily | Malagasy | ||
| Basy Vava | 1959[2] | Malagasy | ||
| Le Citoyen | Daily | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Dans les Médias Demain | Weekly[3] | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| La Dépêche | Daily | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| L'Express de Madagascar [4] | 1995[2] | Daily | French or French/Malagasy | |
| Essentielle Madagascar | Monthly | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Expansion | Monthly | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Femin@ | Monthly | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Free news | Daily | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Gazetiko | Daily[2] | Malagasy | Owned by Midi Madagasikara S.A.[5] | |
| Gazetinao | 1976[2] | Monthly | French or French/Malagasy | |
| La Gazette de la Grande Île [4] | Daily[3] | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| L'Hebdo de l'Express de Madagascar | Weekly | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Imongo Vaovao | 1955[2] | Malagasy | Issued by the Congress Party for the Independence of Madagascar[1] | |
| Jejoo | Malagasy | |||
| Lakroan’i Madagasikara [4] | 1927 | Weekly | French or French/Malagasy | |
| La Ligne de mire | Daily | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Mada-Journal | Monthly | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Madagascar Laza | Daily | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Madagascar Magazine | Quarterly | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Madagascar Matin | 1972[6] | Daily[7] | French or French/Malagasy | |
| Madagascar Santé Hebdo - Gazetin'ny Fahasalamana | Weekly | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Madagascar Tribune [4] | Daily[3] | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Malaza | Weekly | Malagasy | ||
| Maresaka | 1953[2] | Malagasy | ||
| Midi flash - Midi Maikala | Malagasy | |||
| Midi Madagasikara [4] | 1983 | Daily[3] | French or French/Malagasy | |
| La Nation | Daily | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| New Magazine [2] | Bi-monthly | French[3] | ||
| Newsmada | ||||
| NGAH | Malagasy | |||
| No Comment | 2009 | Monthly | French or French/Malagasy | Magazine |
| Les Nouvelles | Daily | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| L'Observateur | Daily | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Primababy | Monthly | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Prime magazine | Monthly | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| La Revue de l’Océan Indien | 1980[2] | Monthly | French or French/Malagasy | |
| SOA | Weekly | Malagasy | ||
| Takoritsika | Malagasy | |||
| Tana Planète | Monthly | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Taratra | Daily | Malagasy | ||
| TeloNohorefy | Biweekly | Malagasy | ||
| Tia Tanindrazana | Daily | Malagasy | ||
| Triatra | Malagasy | |||
| La Tribune de Diego | Monthly | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Ny Valosoa Vaovao | Tri-weekly | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| La Vérité | Daily | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Vintsy | Quarterly | French or French/Malagasy | ||
| Watsa | Monthly | French or French/Malagasy |
Defunct
- L'Aurore (weekly published in Mahajanga); defunct?[1]
- Le Colon (in French)[1]
- Courrier de Madagascar (est. 1962); defunct?[1]
- L'Echo de Madagascar (est. 1900, in French)[1]
- L'Echo du Sud (in French)[1]
- L'Echo de Tananarive (in French)[1]
- Fanilo (Catholic weekly published in Fianarantsoa); defunct?[1]
- Ny Gazety Malagasy (government publication, est. 1883)[1]
- KITRA
- Lumiere (Catholic weekly published in Fianarantsoa); defunct?[1]
- Madagascar News (in English)[1]
- Madagascar Times (in English)[1]
- Madagascar World (in English)[1]
- Madecasse (in French)[1]
- Ny Mizana (monthly published in Toamasina); defunct?[1]
- Le Quotidien
- Vaovao (est. 1900, in French)[1]
- Ny VAOVAOntsika (daily)
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Thompson 1965.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Europa 2004.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Karen Fung, African Studies Association (ed.). "Madagascar News". Africa South of the Sahara. USA. Retrieved 2 July 2017 – via Stanford University.
Annotated directory
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Madagascar Profile: Media". BBC News. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ↑ https://m.facebook.com/gazetiko
- ↑ Thierry Perret (2005). Le temps des journalistes: L'invention de la presse en Afrique francophone (in French). Éditions Karthala. ISBN 978-2-8111-3969-8.
- ↑ Freedom House 2015.
Bibliography
- Virginia Thompson; Richard Adloff (1965). "Malagasy Literature and Information Media". Malagasy Republic: Madagascar Today. Stanford University Press. pp. 228+. ISBN 978-0-8047-0279-9.
- "Madagascar: Directory: the Press". Africa South of the Sahara 2004. Regional Surveys of the World. Europa Publications. 2004. p. 650. ISBN 1857431839.
- "Madagascar", Freedom of the Press, US: Freedom House, 2015, OCLC 57509361
External links
- "Madagascar". Electronic Newspapers of Africa. Virtual Libraries: African Studies. New York, USA: Columbia University Libraries.
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