Madagascar’s main city has a new form of public transportation. The inaugural cable cars journeyed across districts of Antananarivo with President Andriy Rajoelina, municipal authorities, and…
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A cyclone that struck northern Madagascar on Wednesday has resulted in at least six fatalities and forced 2,000 people out of their homes. Local news sources…
Amnesty International has urged Madagascar to revoke a recent law permitting the chemical and surgical castration of individuals convicted of raping minors, labelling it “cruel, inhuman,…
Madagascar Opposition Parties have slammed President Andry Rajoelina over an ‘institutional coup” after he appointed an ally prime minister following his resignation before the presidential polls.…
Madagascar has celebrated the 62nd anniversary of its independence. France took over the city of Antananarivo in 1895, and added Madagascar as a colony two years…
After striking an agreement with activists who had set up roadblocks at the site, Anglo-Australian multinational mining giant Rio Tinto which operates the QIT Madagascar Minerals…
Malagasy Defence Minister Leon Richard Rakotonirina says a military cooperation pact inked in January between Madagascar and Russia is nothing out of the ordinary. “This pact,…
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…
Shoprite Holdings, South Africa’s biggest grocery retailer, has announced it will exit the Uganda and Madagascar markets. “In line with the group’s non-South Africa review process,…
Madagascar on Sunday announced the arrest of 21 people, including five generals and some high-ranking police officers, after a failed attempt to assassinate President Andry Rajoelina.…