Midi Madagasikara is a daily newspaper

Newspaper

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 owned by Midi Madagasikara S.A. and published in Antananarivo

Antananarivo

Antananarivo , formerly Tananarive , is the capital and largest city in Madagascar. It is also known by its French colonial shorthand form Tana....

, Madagascar

Madagascar

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. It began distribution on August 18, 1983. The current editor-in-chief is Zo Rakotoseheno.

The paper is published from Monday to Saturday and is primarily in French

French language

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, with two pages in Malagasy

Malagasy language

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 and a bi-monthly single page in English

English language

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. It is printed in a tabloid format with regular sections on politics, economy, society, sports, culture, and world news.