Browsing: Madagascar

Madagascar has faced years of devastating droughts which has left hundreds of thousands of people facing starvation –turning to largely inedible plants for food. Currently, the…

International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved the disbursement of $67.5m credit facility to aid Madagascar’s fight against poverty. The credit facility according to the IMF is…

Madagascar’s justice minister, Herilaza Imbiki has resigned from his post after a corruption scandal. According to a statement issued by the presidency, Imbiki Herilaza was said…

Six persons have been confirmed dead following violent winds of more than 165km per hour of Cyclone Batsirai slammed Madagascar’s eastern coastline accompanied by heavy rains.…

The death toll from a tropical storm that struck three African countries climbed to 80 Thursday as emergency efforts continued to repair damaged infrastructure and help…

A Madagascan minister was one of two survivors to have swum some 12 hours to shore Tuesday after their helicopter crashed off the island’s northeastern coast.…

There has been an accident on a cargo ship illegally carrying 130 passengers when it sank off Madagascar’s north-eastern coast, killing at least 17 people and…

A court in Madagascar convicted six people on Friday over a plot to kill President Andry Rajoelina and handed them various sentences up to 20 years…

Two French nationals are among the twenty people accused of plotting to kill Madagascar’s President and other crimes as their trial got underway in the Indian…

At least one million people in Madagascar are battling with famine in what could be the first famine resulting from climate change According to the World…