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2022 In Madagascar
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 * 18 January – 2022 Antananarivo floods: At least ten people are killed by floods in Antananarivo. * * 24 January – Tropical Storm Ana kills 23 people in Madagascar. * 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. * 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. Sports * 4 – 20 February: Madagascar at the 2022 Winter Olympics * 4 – 14 August: 2022 FIBA U18 African Championship (Host) See also *COVID-19 pandemic in Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022
The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw the removal of most COVID-19 restrictions and the reopening of international borders in the vast majority of countries, while the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines continued. The global economic recovery from the pandemic continued, though many countries experienced an ongoing 2021–2023 inflation surge, inflation surge; in response, many central banks raised their interest rates to landmark levels. The world population reached eight billion people in 2022. The year also witnessed numerous natural disasters, including two devastating Atlantic hurricanes (Hurricane Fiona, Fiona and Hurricane Ian, Ian), and 2021–22 Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption and tsunami, the most powerful volcano eruption of the century so far. The later part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |