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There are political developments in Madagascar ahead of the country's legislative elections due next week Monday. 79 outgoing MPs have been indicted with ...

In Madagascar, Duluth native Annika Johnson washes her clothes in a river and prays that it doesn't rain when she has them hung out to dry. She has had her ...

A Dutch woman was shot in the face during a robbery while on vacation in Madagascar over the weekend. The bullet used turned out to be composed of corn ...

English Situation Report on Madagascar about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Drought and Flood; published on 17 May 2019 by FEWS NET.

Madagascar's Anti-Corruption Agency (BIANCO) gave federal prosecutors the names of 79 Members of the National Assembly that it assessed were involved in ...

Andry Rajoelina's term represents the last chance to save some of Madagascar's incredible natural heritage.

The island nation of Madagascar has a dubious accolade: it is the world-leader in deforestation. Now, some of the island's teenagers have started a farming ...

The Cleve and Districts Probus learnt about Madagascar at the May meeting.

Lyon's Jeremy Morel is set to play for Madagascar at the Africa Cup of Nations as he is included in an initial 23-man squad.

As Madagascar's recently elected president completed his first 100 days in office, experts identify five priority areas for conservation. In a new comment piece in ...

[Antananarivo] Vohibola forest on Madagascar's east coast is considered by experts to be an important natural “gene bank”. But some fear it could soon be ...

An ancient species of requiem shark has been identified using fossil teeth and named after a University of London and Museum researcher. Today, requiem ...

Madagascar has implemented the recommendations of the IMF's Enhanced General Data Dissemination System (e-GDDS) by publishing critical data through ...

21 May 2019 --- Unilever's ice cream brand Wall's is launching the “Vanilla for Change” campaign in collaboration with flavor producer Symrise, non-profit ...

Last week, Marc Chaussidon, director of the Institute of Geophysics in Paris (IPGP), looked at seafloor maps from a recently concluded mission and saw a new ...

A group of scientists from Madagascar, UK, Australia, USA and Finland have recommended actions the government of Madagascar's recently elected president, ...

They join Venice regulars including South Africa and Egypt.

Thousands of people continue to languish in Malagasy prisons without having been found guilty of any crime due to the excessive use of pre-trial detention, ...

A swooping scream comes from above. The call of the indri sounds like an angry whale: haunting and very loud.

English Situation Report on Madagascar about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition and Drought; published on 30 Apr 2019 by FEWS NET.

Madagascar is often referred to as a biodiversity jewel by conservationists owing to its unique plant and animal species.

UNICEF-trained Mother Leaders are helping to break the cycle of poverty by providing support and resources to moms and children in Madagascar.

A statement from the government said '' holding all the parliamentary elections and this constitutional referendum avoids exorbitant expenses ''.

The country's president has a poor environmental record, raising concerns over the preservation of Madagascar's iconic biodiversity.

With an agreement to protect the planet's biodiversity being drawn up in Paris next week, the BBC's Victoria Gill met young farmers in Madagascar who live at ...

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Madagascar has postponed the constitutional referendum that was to be held on May 27.President Andry Rajoelina decided on Thursday to delay the vote due ...

TWO new species of stick insect have been found in the far north of Madagascar. They were previously thought to be examples of two existing giant stick insect ...

English Situation Report on Madagascar about Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Drought and Insect Infestation; published on 30 Apr 2019 by FEWS NET.

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Madagascar coach Nicolas Dupuis has ruled out bringing in any new players ahead of their debut at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.

English Situation Report on Madagascar about Contributions, Coordination, Children, Women, Drought, Epidemic and more; published on 31 Mar 2019 by ...

Discover Parc de Tsarasaotra in Antananarivo, Madagascar: See hundreds of herons and egrets in the heart of the city in this dreamy hidden park.

April 25, 2019 marks the fourth Africa Pretrial Detention Day. A day to raise awareness of the plight of thousands of people who are held in detention in police ...

English Situation Report on Madagascar about Coordination and Logistics and Telecommunications; published on 23 Apr 2019 by Logistics Cluster and WFP.

An 18-year-old from Gorham who will graduate Saturday from the University of Southern Maine says he's preparing to fulfill a childhood dream. Sam Matey, 18 ...

President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar has urged the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to partner with the government in its effort to make the country ...

On a ring-shaped reef in the Indian Ocean, a species of bird evolved to be flightless — twice. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, white-throated rails ...

Weather *service* Accuweather has confirmed that Cyclone Kenneth has made landfall in northern Mozambique. ''The dangerous cyclone made landfall in Cabo ...

Children in southern Madagascar face chronic malnutrition after years of drought.

The Singapore Zoo's latest exhibit features a pair of fossas (pronounced foo-sas), a creature related to the mongoose family found in Madagascar.. Read more at ...

Debuting alongside Ghana at the 58th Venice Biennale will be the Pakistan, Madagascar, Malaysia and Dominican Republic pavilions. The focal point of Naiza ...

Madagascar's 9 million hectares of forests are shrinking each year by between 50000 and 100000 hectares. A football field is roughly one hectare.

Sisters Amber and Anna Stevenson are enthusiastic dancers and performers – but it's rare they get to share the limelight. Now, they're among 41 Kiwi kids ...

English News and Press Release on Madagascar about Health, Children and Epidemic; published on 29 Apr 2019 by Save the Children.

Incredible portraits of wildlife in Madagascar by Ben Simon Rehn highlight the beautiful diversity of the animals that live on this island.

Scientists from across the globe are placing some pressure on President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar to ensure he makes biodiversity conservation a priority ...

Lusaka - Zambia: President Edgar Lungu has appointed former Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Katele Kalumba, as Alternate Head of SADC Electoral Observer ...

Much of the rosewood poached in Madagascar is exported to China or other friendly locations where it is made into furniture to be sold for high prices.

Scientists from across the world have joined forces to protect Madagascar's biodiversity in an appeal for President Andry Rajoelina to act.

One of the world's newest and smallest communities is looking to expand by helping people fin d their 'true roots'

SINGAPORE - The Singapore Zoo's latest exhibit features a pair of fossas (pronounced foo-sas), an animal that many may draw comparisons to a cat, dog or ...

Matt Patterson doesn't have long hair, and he's not big into exercise. And yet, he's always wearing a bandana—one he designed himself. “This is a northeast.

During the Golden Age of Piracy in the 17th and 18th century, no ship was safe from various buccaneers, corsairs and sea marauders who amassed.

While you may not see them jumping on exhibit, the ones you do see usually stick themselves to the glass, and they've become fan favorites.

The next lecture in a new series presented by the California Center for the Arts, Escondido and EcoLife Conservation happens on Tuesday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m..

An extinct bird has risen from the dead thanks to a rare evolutionary process, according to new research.

With all the outrage aimed at so-called anti-vaxxers for causing the current U.S. measles outbreak, it's easy to overlook the fact that the vast majority of measles ...

Harvard College senior Camille DeSisto's love of the environment took her around the world to Madagascar's tropical forests.

The Kenyan national team will pitch camp in France in readiness for the tournament that will kick off on June 21 in Egypt.

SINGAPORE:The Singapore Zoo's latest exhibit features a pair of fossas (pronounced foo-sas), an animal that many may draw comparisons to a cat, dog or ...

The World Health Organization's goal was lofty but achievable: eliminate measles from five of the world's six regions by 2020. But recent outbreaks — even in ...

Deutsche Post DHL Group (www.DPDHL.com), the leading mail and logistics company, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) country office and ...

Threats might eradicate plants before we learn of their medicinal properties.

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – It looks like graffiti or some sort of traffic warning sign… but it's just a part of the natural anatomy of a chick recently born at the Dallas ...

Madagascar's Pavilion at the 58th La Biennale Di Venezia 2019 presents a dark moment of loneliness, reflection and reasons for the need to build patriotism ...

Preventable diseases in Madagascar: Low immunization coverage has left Madagascar highly vulnerable to public health epidemics.

The Ministry of Public Health in Betroka district, Madagascar are reporting thousands of malaria cases in recent weeks, according to an L'Express report ...

Dacic had meetings with senior officials of that country. He had separate meetings with ministers of Economy and Finance, Industry, Tourism and Crafts, and ...

Madagascar's new president, Andry Rajoelina, was elected on a promise to improve living standards for the millions who live in poverty (1). To achieve this goal, ...

For Madagascar, where 75% of the population lives on less than $1.90 a day, the emergence of a wealth-generating sector that creates employment is a game ...

At least 922 children and young adults have died of measles in Madagascar since October, despite a huge emergency vaccination program, the World Health ...

Behind the political theatre is the shadow of France's continued involvement.

Antananarivo, Madagascar (CNN) Measles found Hasina Raharimandimby and her family. Over three heartbreaking days in late January, three of her young ...

Idai strengthened into an intense tropical cyclone in the Mozambique Channel and will bring flooding rain and strong winds to Madagascar and parts of the ...

A rush for Madagascar's gemstones is destroying remaining habitat for imperiled lemurs and other wildlife.

Election of Andry Rajoelina as Madagascar's new president would be yet another blow to the survival of nature.

Madagascar's election on Wednesday could have major implications for the future of the island's environment and wildlife, says a prominent conservation ...

Russian political operatives disguised as “tourists” have offered money to at least six presidential candidates in Madagascar last year in exchange for Russia's ...

Man who made off with Isaac, Santa Ana zoo's 32-year-old ring-tailed lemur, faces prison time and a $100000 fine.

Supporters of losing candidate Marc Ravalomanana gather in Antananarivo to protest alleged fraud in runoff vote.

Madagascar's forests are increasingly under threat from illegal activities such as logging, and from climate change.Credit: Pascal Maitre/Panos. Madagascar is ...

Two months ago, giggles floated through the home of fisherman Dada as his four-year-old son played ball outside with his two younger cousins on one of ...

A large mineral sands mine in southeastern Madagascar has trespassed into a “sensitive zone,” violating national law and raising the possibility that ...

Madagascar, home to nearly 30 million people—a population larger than Australia's—rarely makes international news. When it does, the headlines are usually ...

Ruling by Indian Ocean island's High Constitutional Court comes after complaints from second-placed Marc Ravalomanana.

Reporting and photography for this story were supported by the Pulitzer Center. IFANADIANA IN MADAGASCAR—Matt Bonds was young and idealistic when, ...

The world's fourth-largest island is home to 5 percent of the world's biodiversity with most of it found nowhere else on the planet. But deforestation puts all that at ...

Recent splashy headlines claiming that humans arrived on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar as early as 10,000 years ago are almost certainly wrong.

Coupled with habitat destruction and degradation, poaching has proven to be the direst threat to Madagascar's dwindling lemur population. Ranging in size from ...

As the world faces a measles outbreak, even countries with high rates of vaccine coverage have not been spared an uptick in cases. Though a cause for ...

AMBALAVAO, Madagascar (AP) — Babies wail as a nurse tries to reassure mothers who have come to vaccinate their children against a measles outbreak that ...

English News and Press Release on Madagascar about Health, Children, Epidemic, Flood and more; published on 16 Mar 2019 by Direct Relief.

English News and Press Release on Madagascar about Health, Children and Epidemic; published on 14 Mar 2019 by TNH.

In Madagascar's northwest Boeny region, people are investing in landscape restoration work even when they don't have land titles or formal ownership ...

Deforestation within Menabe Antimena Protected Area, a large swath of unique dry forest ecosystem on Madagascar's west coast, has increased dramatically in ...

Life hangs in the balance in Tsitongambarika, Madagascar's anti-extinction frontline.

Malagasy authorities must fully investigate the gruesome killing of eight men suspected of being cattle thieves, Amnesty International said today after photos of ...

Researchers have named three previously undescribed, extremely small species of frogs from Madagascar Mini mum, Mini ature, and Mini scule. All of them ...

Plague is an endemic disease in Madagascar. Each year there is a seasonal upsurge between September and April, especially in the Central Highlands, which ...