The Malagasy blogging community is coming together with professional journalists and people curious about new media to discuss how citizen media can contribute to a more complete coverage of the crisis in Madagascar.
We will exchange ideas, lesson learned and shortcomings of digital media to inform and warn during crisis or events ( such as [...]

The direst circumstances sometimes bring people together in unexpected ways. It is fair to say that were it not for the act of vandalism in the National Park of the Sava region in Madagascar, Foko and Singer Razia Said and her group Zebu Nation may not have found out about their common perspective and [...]

Foko bloggers provided updates on issues not directly pertaining to the current crisis in Madagascar. Lomelle and Koloina wrote at length about the need to protect Malagasy National Parks. Lomelle explains the name change and the new objectives. The Malagasy National Park
“a pour défi de tripler l’étendu des aires protégées malgaches et d’inclure les [...]

FOKO’s mission FOKO wants to help Madagascar by bringing the world’s attention to Malagasy people. When often biodiversity and lemurs are in the spotlight, FOKO wants to focus on the Malagasy people and make them a crucial factor in their unique and threatened environment.

When we composed this description back in 2007, we knew very little about the strategies we were going to implement but were convinced that our works will require dedication and activism. After weeks of relaying the news on the latest politics crisis happening in Madagascar, Lova Rakotomalala brought our country's cause to the international mainstream media which admits to have a very little coverage on the bloodly events (watch his CNN interview here). As co-founder of Foko-Madagascar but also working with GlobalVoices Online, he spontaneously used all the resources he had in hands to share the most news possible from every sides and of course with great objectivity.

Les évennements tragiques de la semaine passée à Madagascar (26/01 - 07/02) ont été extrêmement coûteux d’un point de vue humain, communautaire et économique. Le retour à un quotidien stable et une certaine routine est la première priorité des citoyens malgaches.
Durant cette période de crise, Madagascar a aussi vu l’émergence d’une communauté journalistique dynamique, [...]