http://www.euronews.com en Latest news from Euronews Euronews 2026 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:06:41 +0100 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:06:41 +0100 30 https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews_flatblue.png http://www.euronews.com http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/02/11/nine-killed-as-cyclone-gezani-batters-madagascar http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/02/11/nine-killed-as-cyclone-gezani-batters-madagascar Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:05:33 +0100 Tropical Cyclone Gezani collapsed houses in Madagascar's main port city and left at least 31 people dead as it crossed the Indian Ocean island with high winds and rain, authorities said Wednesday. http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/26/one-of-the-worlds-most-endangered-species-is-being-eaten-into-extinction-researchers-warn http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/26/one-of-the-worlds-most-endangered-species-is-being-eaten-into-extinction-researchers-warn Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:00:18 +0100 A shocking new analysis estimates that almost 13,000 lemurs are slaughtered and eaten every year. http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/16/madagascar-coup-leader-randrianirina-set-to-be-sworn-in-as-president http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/16/madagascar-coup-leader-randrianirina-set-to-be-sworn-in-as-president Thu, 16 Oct 2025 13:15:17 +0200 Colonel Michael Randrianirina, who led a coup in Madagascar, will serve as president for up to two years before holding elections. The African Union has suspended the country's membership in the bloc. http://www.euronews.com/video/2025/10/15/madagascars-crisis-intensifies-following-dissolution-of-parliament http://www.euronews.com/video/2025/10/15/madagascars-crisis-intensifies-following-dissolution-of-parliament Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:55:13 +0200 Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina dissolved the lower house of parliament on Tuesday, escalating a deepening political crisis after a military rebellion forced him to flee and go into hiding. http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/14/madagascar-president-flees-country-after-military-unit-joins-anti-government-protests http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/14/madagascar-president-flees-country-after-military-unit-joins-anti-government-protests Tue, 14 Oct 2025 08:12:52 +0200 Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina made his first public comments since the CAPSAT military unit turned against his government amid weekslong protests, saying he fled the country in fear for his life. http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/12/madagascars-president-says-coup-underway-after-army-unit-claims-control-of-military http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/12/madagascars-president-says-coup-underway-after-army-unit-claims-control-of-military Sun, 12 Oct 2025 20:43:03 +0200 On Sunday, the minister of armed forces in Madagascar acknowledged an officer selected by a military group supporting demonstrators calling for President Andry Rajoelina to resign as the country's new army chief. http://www.euronews.com/video/2025/10/01/thousands-protest-in-madagascars-capital-demanding-president-andry-rajoelina-resign http://www.euronews.com/video/2025/10/01/thousands-protest-in-madagascars-capital-demanding-president-andry-rajoelina-resign Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:48:38 +0200 Thousands of young demonstrators marched through Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, on Tuesday demanding the resignation of President Andry Rajoelina after days of deadly youth-led protests over electricity and water shortages. http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/23/macron-visits-madagascar-in-first-visit-by-french-leader-to-former-colony-in-20-years http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/04/23/macron-visits-madagascar-in-first-visit-by-french-leader-to-former-colony-in-20-years Wed, 23 Apr 2025 22:45:09 +0200 Macron met with Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina and the two leaders signed a range of agreements covering energy, agriculture and education. http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/19/climate-change-is-fuelling-a-mental-health-crisis-in-one-of-the-worlds-most-vulnerable-reg http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/19/climate-change-is-fuelling-a-mental-health-crisis-in-one-of-the-worlds-most-vulnerable-reg Wed, 19 Mar 2025 17:05:11 +0100 Young people in the region report extremely high levels of anxiety, depression, and climate change worry. http://www.euronews.com/video/2024/03/29/watch-aftermath-of-deadly-cyclone-gamane-in-madagascar http://www.euronews.com/video/2024/03/29/watch-aftermath-of-deadly-cyclone-gamane-in-madagascar Fri, 29 Mar 2024 21:01:14 +0100 The storm killed 18 people and left four missing after making landfall on the north of the Indian Ocean island nation earlier this week, authorities said on Friday. http://www.euronews.com/2023/02/23/cyclone-freddy-heads-to-mozambique-after-trail-of-destruction-and-deaths-in-madagascar http://www.euronews.com/2023/02/23/cyclone-freddy-heads-to-mozambique-after-trail-of-destruction-and-deaths-in-madagascar Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:07:56 +0100 More than 16 thousand people were affected, with 4,500 houses flooded or damaged on the island off the African east coast. According to the authorities five people have died. http://www.euronews.com/2022/03/20/how-climate-change-is-turning-once-green-madagascar-into-a-desert http://www.euronews.com/2022/03/20/how-climate-change-is-turning-once-green-madagascar-into-a-desert Sun, 20 Mar 2022 09:00:26 +0100 More than 1 million people in southern Madagascar are currently in need of food. http://www.euronews.com/2022/02/13/death-toll-in-madagascar-reaches-120-in-cyclone-batsirai-aftermath http://www.euronews.com/2022/02/13/death-toll-in-madagascar-reaches-120-in-cyclone-batsirai-aftermath Sun, 13 Feb 2022 12:50:36 +0100 In early February, Batsirai smashed into the east coast of Madagascar and swept away entire villages of the southwestern Indian Ocean island. http://www.euronews.com/video/2022/02/07/in-madagascar-roads-are-damaged-and-cities-ravaged-after-the-passage-of-cyclone-bastsirai http://www.euronews.com/video/2022/02/07/in-madagascar-roads-are-damaged-and-cities-ravaged-after-the-passage-of-cyclone-bastsirai Mon, 07 Feb 2022 21:22:06 +0100 Collapsed and flooded roads mark the passage of tropical cyclone Batsirai in Madagascar, which spared the country's main cities but left 20 people dead, according to the latest official report http://www.euronews.com/2022/02/06/madagascar-cyclone-claims-lives-and-homes-as-winds-batter-the-island http://www.euronews.com/2022/02/06/madagascar-cyclone-claims-lives-and-homes-as-winds-batter-the-island Sun, 06 Feb 2022 19:13:13 +0100 Cyclone Batsirai devastates areas of Madagascar with several death and thousands made homeless by 200 km/h winds and heavy rain http://www.euronews.com/2021/12/22/madagascar-minister-swims-12-hours-to-reach-shore-after-helicopter-crash http://www.euronews.com/2021/12/22/madagascar-minister-swims-12-hours-to-reach-shore-after-helicopter-crash Wed, 22 Dec 2021 07:32:36 +0100 Police Minister Serge Gellé was one of two survivors. Two other people are missing, feared dead. http://www.euronews.com/video/2020/01/27/torrential-rain-triggers-deadly-flooding-in-madagascar http://www.euronews.com/video/2020/01/27/torrential-rain-triggers-deadly-flooding-in-madagascar Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:11:50 +0100 The tropical nation is in the midst of an intense six-month rainy season that can be deadly. http://www.euronews.com/2019/06/24/madagascar-s-last-erotic-sculptor http://www.euronews.com/2019/06/24/madagascar-s-last-erotic-sculptor Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:06:17 +0200 On this edition of Inspire Africa, Jerry Bambi explores erotic funerary art amongst the Sakalava people in Madagascar. http://www.euronews.com/2018/07/27/soaring-prices-of-vanilla-affecting-madagascar-farmers http://www.euronews.com/2018/07/27/soaring-prices-of-vanilla-affecting-madagascar-farmers Fri, 27 Jul 2018 20:33:00 +0200 Soaring prices for Madagascar's vanilla should have been good news for farmers but now, because thieves stole many crops last year, it's now a stressing and worrying, taking matters into their own hands http://www.euronews.com/2018/05/29/the-romanian-who-is-seeking-asylum-in-africa http://www.euronews.com/2018/05/29/the-romanian-who-is-seeking-asylum-in-africa Tue, 29 May 2018 10:12:00 +0200 He's not your typical asylum seeker, but Radu Mazare says he is simply trying to escape political persecution in his home country of Romania. http://www.euronews.com/video/2018/03/19/tropical-storm-eliakim-kills-17-in-madagascar http://www.euronews.com/video/2018/03/19/tropical-storm-eliakim-kills-17-in-madagascar Mon, 19 Mar 2018 18:13:00 +0100 At least 17 people died when a tropical storm hit eastern Madagascar over the weekend, authorities said. http://www.euronews.com/business/2017/12/21/madagascar-wants-to-become-a-hub http://www.euronews.com/business/2017/12/21/madagascar-wants-to-become-a-hub Thu, 21 Dec 2017 18:20:27 +0100 Madagascar wants to capitalise on its booming information and communication technologies sector. http://www.euronews.com/business/2017/12/14/energy-diversification-in-madagascar http://www.euronews.com/business/2017/12/14/energy-diversification-in-madagascar Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:39:25 +0100 Authorities want to upgrade energy production and distribution in Madagascar, where less than one in five people have access to electricity. http://www.euronews.com/business/2017/12/07/madagascar-s-oil-potential http://www.euronews.com/business/2017/12/07/madagascar-s-oil-potential Thu, 07 Dec 2017 19:12:10 +0100 Convinced of its oil potential, Madagascar wants to draw foreign investors to the island. http://www.euronews.com/business/2017/08/23/vanilla-prices-soar-in-madagascar http://www.euronews.com/business/2017/08/23/vanilla-prices-soar-in-madagascar Wed, 23 Aug 2017 18:28:55 +0200 The soaring prices of the commodity has fostered a highly lucrative enviroment leading to the rise of cartels and unscrupulous traders. http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/16/caf-s-surprise-new-president-no-stranger-to-scandal http://www.euronews.com/2017/03/16/caf-s-surprise-new-president-no-stranger-to-scandal Thu, 16 Mar 2017 17:28:11 +0100 Ahead of candidates from powerhouse nations Madagascar's Ahmad Ahmad wins election for new CAF president. http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/28/madagascar-reintegration-centre-gives-young-people-fresh-start http://www.euronews.com/2016/11/28/madagascar-reintegration-centre-gives-young-people-fresh-start Mon, 28 Nov 2016 12:22:16 +0100 In Ambohidratimo, a town some 15 kilometres from the Madagascan capital, a reintegration centre receives 150 children and teenagers night and day. http://www.euronews.com/business/2016/09/22/madagascar-opens-up-national-parks-in-bid-to-boost-eco-toursim http://www.euronews.com/business/2016/09/22/madagascar-opens-up-national-parks-in-bid-to-boost-eco-toursim Thu, 22 Sep 2016 14:33:30 +0200 Target Madagascar continues this week in the south west of the island, in one of Madagascar’s 43 national nature reserves. http://www.euronews.com/business/2016/09/15/madagascar-drills-deep-to-make-most-of-unused-resources http://www.euronews.com/business/2016/09/15/madagascar-drills-deep-to-make-most-of-unused-resources Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:35:31 +0200 Madagascar is on the verge of an oil and gas revolution, but how will it develop these new sectors of the economy for the benefit of all without ruining the environment? http://www.euronews.com/business/2016/09/08/madagascar-takes-to-mining-with-wary-eye-on-risks http://www.euronews.com/business/2016/09/08/madagascar-takes-to-mining-with-wary-eye-on-risks Thu, 08 Sep 2016 14:19:51 +0200 Madagascar is desperately poor and needs to develop its vast natural resources, but it is also a global ecological treasure house, subject to international scrutiny. Global capital will not invest her http://www.euronews.com/video/2016/09/01/reunion-island-thousands-witnessed-partial-eclipse-of-the-sun http://www.euronews.com/video/2016/09/01/reunion-island-thousands-witnessed-partial-eclipse-of-the-sun Thu, 01 Sep 2016 15:07:41 +0200 The annular solar eclipse was perfectly visible from the French island of Reunion, as well as Madagascar and other locations across Central Africa. http://www.euronews.com/business/2016/09/01/toamasina-the-economic-heart-of-madagascar http://www.euronews.com/business/2016/09/01/toamasina-the-economic-heart-of-madagascar Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:03:08 +0200 Madagascar’s Port of Toamasina, the economic heart of the country. http://www.euronews.com/2016/06/04/madagascar-s-president-to-finance-future-by-using-resources http://www.euronews.com/2016/06/04/madagascar-s-president-to-finance-future-by-using-resources Sat, 04 Jun 2016 14:10:22 +0200 Seven years ago Madagascar was rocked by violence as a political coup turned bloody. http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/27/madagascar-lawmakers-vote-to-remove-president http://www.euronews.com/2015/05/27/madagascar-lawmakers-vote-to-remove-president Wed, 27 May 2015 06:24:05 +0200 Madagascar’s parliament has voted to remove President Hery Rajaonarimanpianina from office. It’s thought 121 of 125 lawmakers backed the move http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/01/madagascar-floods-kill-14-and-displace-thousands http://www.euronews.com/2015/03/01/madagascar-floods-kill-14-and-displace-thousands Sun, 01 Mar 2015 04:40:39 +0100 Floods in Madagascar have killed 14 people and forced more than 21,000 people from their homes in and around the capital Antananarivo. The http://www.euronews.com/video/2015/01/31/locust-invasion-in-madagascar http://www.euronews.com/video/2015/01/31/locust-invasion-in-madagascar Sat, 31 Jan 2015 17:13:14 +0100 Locust invasion in Madagascar http://www.euronews.com/2014/11/22/outbreak-of-the-plague-in-madagascar-kills-40 http://www.euronews.com/2014/11/22/outbreak-of-the-plague-in-madagascar-kills-40 Sat, 22 Nov 2014 22:43:08 +0100 Outbreak of the plague in Madagascar kills 40 http://www.euronews.com/2013/10/03/madagascar-crowd-burn-alive-two-europeans-over-organ-trafficking http://www.euronews.com/2013/10/03/madagascar-crowd-burn-alive-two-europeans-over-organ-trafficking Thu, 03 Oct 2013 18:46:14 +0200 Madagascar crowd burn alive two Europeans over 'organ trafficking'