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Military - note Madagascar, in 5 editions.
The entry for Madagascar published Military - note in 5 editions of 36, from 2021 to 2025. The text changed in 3 editions. Each is shown as published. Military - note in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 3
- the first edition with it
- 2021
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Military - note” (2021 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024one of the military’s duties is assisting the gendarmerie with maintaining law and order in rural areas, particularly in areas affected by cattle rustling and banditry (2021)
one of the military’s duties is assisting the gendarmerie with maintaining law and order in rural areas, particularly in areas affected by cattle rustling and banditry (2021)
one of the military’s duties is assisting the gendarmerie with maintaining law and order in rural areas, particularly in areas affected by banditry, cattle rustling (cattle thieves are known as dahalo), and criminal groups (2022)
one of the military’s duties is assisting the gendarmerie with maintaining law and order in rural areas, particularly in areas affected by banditry, cattle rustling (cattle thieves are known as dahalo), and banditry (2021) criminal groups (2022)
The same text in 2023 and 2024.
- the PAF’s responsibilities include ensuring sovereignty and territorial integrity and protecting Madagascar’s maritime domain, particularly against piracy, drug trafficking, and smuggling;
- it also assists the Gendarmerie with maintaining law and order in rural areas, largely in areas affected by banditry, cattle rustling, and criminal groups;
- the PAF has a history of having influence in domestic politics and a lack of accountability;
- members of the Army and the Gendarmerie were arrested for coup plotting as recently as 2021;
- its closest defense partners have been India and Russia;
- the PAF’s small Navy has traditionally looked to India for assistance with maritime security (2023)
Rewritten: too little of the 2022 text remains to mark the changes.
the PAF’s responsibilities include ensuring sovereignty and territorial integrity and protecting Madagascar’s maritime domain, particularly against piracy, drug trafficking, and smuggling; it also assists the Gendarmerie with maintaining law and order in rural areas, largely in areas affected by banditry, cattle rustling, and criminal groups; the PAF has a history of having influence in domestic politics and a lack of accountability; members of the Army and the Gendarmerie were arrested for coup plotting as recently as 2021; its closest defense partners have been India and Russia; the PAF’s small Navy has traditionally looked to India for assistance with maritime security (2023)
- the military’s responsibilities include ensuring sovereignty and territorial integrity and protecting Madagascar’s maritime domain, particularly against piracy, drug trafficking, and smuggling;
- it also assists the Gendarmerie with maintaining law and order in rural areas, largely in areas affected by banditry, cattle rustling, and criminal groups;
- the military has a history of influence in domestic politics and seized control of the government in October 2025;
- security relationships have included France, India, and Russia;
- Madagascar's small Navy has traditionally looked to India for assistance with maritime security (2025)
the PAF’s military’s responsibilities include ensuring sovereignty and territorial integrity and protecting Madagascar’s maritime domain, particularly against piracy, drug trafficking, and smuggling; it also assists the Gendarmerie with maintaining law and order in rural areas, largely in areas affected by banditry, cattle rustling, and criminal groups; the PAF military has a history of having influence in domestic politics and a lack of accountability; members seized control of the Army and the Gendarmerie were arrested for coup plotting as recently as 2021; its closest defense partners government in October 2025; security relationships have been India included France, India, and Russia; the PAF’s Madagascar's small Navy has traditionally looked to India for assistance with maritime security (2023) (2025)
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Madagascar: Military - note.” The World Factbook, 2021–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/madagascar/military-note.