Elections Could be Held in Crisis-hit Madagascar in the Next 12 Months

Elections could be held in crisis-hit Madagascar in the next 12 months following recent regional-led talks in the capital Antananarivo, South African International Relations and Cooperation Deputy Minister Marius Fransman told reporters in Cape Town on...

Dr. Blowhole Returns in Nickelodeon’s Brand-new Penguins of Madagascar Special, ‘Blowhole Strikes Back’

Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) returns as the title characters’ sinister nemesis, Dr. Blowhole, in Nickelodeon’s brand-new Penguins of Madagascar special, “Blowhole Strikes Back,” premiering Friday, Sept. 9, at 8:00...

Madagascar School Girls Turn to Sex to Earn School Fees

The ambition of 16-year-old Madagascan schoolgirl Nadine (name changed) is to open a clothes boutique after completing a college course in textile design, but in the meantime, along with eight of her friends, she has turned to sex work to pay her tuition...

Poverty And Malnutrition on Madagascar’s Sisal Plantations

At the Centre for Treatment of Acute Malnutrition with Complications (CRENI) in the town of Amboasary Sud in the Anosy region of southeastern Madagascar, Samina Tahiaritsoa, 20, cradles her son, Lambo, 3, who still weighs less than six kilograms after...

New Species Discovered Weekly in Madagascar But Many Already Endangered

Scientists in Madagascar discovered more than 615 species, including 41 mammals between 1999 and 2010 but many of the exciting and colorful creatures are already endangered.

Madagascar Accepts Southern African Development Community Election Roadmap

Madagascar’s three major political movements – representing over 80 percent of the Malagasy people, have welcomed the announcement by the Southern African Development Community, SADC “troika” that it is to convene an urgent extraordinary summit...

Madagascar: From Poor to Poorer

Madagascar, one of the world’s poorest countries, has lost about $400 million in donor support since the March 2009 coup in which Andry Rajoelina, with the support of the military, deposed President Marc Ravalomanana.

Free Primary Schooling Ends in Madagascar

The burden of paying for education in Madagascar has shifted to the poor after donor funding was frozen in the wake of a coup on March 17th 2009.

Cyclone Bingiza’s Legacy

The immediate impact of Cyclone Bingiza after it slammed into Madagscar was less than feared, but in its wake the expectation is for greater food insecurity across the island. Cyclone Bingiza ripped into the northeast of the island on February 14th, killing...