Madagascar: The keyboard could be mightier than the gun

ANTANANARIVO: "Do people outside care what is really happening here in Madagascar?" asked 'Tahina, sitting in a café while security forces fired shots into the air to clear gangs of looters from the streets of the capital, Antananarivo.

9 Mar 2009

Madagascar blog club

"For us, one of the most important things that we do is to transmit information, not only to the Malagasy diaspora, but also to all people outside."

Tahina is one of Madagascar's most active bloggers and twitterers, part of a young generation of internet savvy Malagasies who have turned to cyberspace to share news and opinions on political events in the country.

Read the full article on IRIN.