Madagascar

Soaring prices of vanilla affecting Madagascar farmers

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

27/07/2018

Romania

The Romanian who is seeking asylum in Africa

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.

29/05/2018

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Tropical storm 'Eliakim' kills 17 in Madagascar

At least 17 people died when a tropical storm hit eastern Madagascar over the weekend, authorities said.

19/03/2018

Target

Madagascar wants to become an ICT hub

Madagascar wants to capitalise on its booming information and communication technologies sector.

21/12/2017

Target

Energy diversification in Madagascar

Authorities want to upgrade energy production and distribution in Madagascar, where less than one in five people have access to electricity.

14/12/2017

Target

Madagascar's oil potential

Convinced of its oil potential, Madagascar wants to draw foreign investors to the island.

07/12/2017

Business

Vanilla prices soar in Madagascar

The soaring prices of the commodity has fostered a highly lucrative enviroment leading to the rise of cartels and unscrupulous traders.

23/08/2017

Sport

CAF's surprise new president no stranger to scandal

Ahead of candidates from powerhouse nations Madagascar's Ahmad Ahmad wins election for new CAF president.

16/03/2017

Madagascar

Madagascar: reintegration centre gives young people fresh start

In Ambohidratimo, a town some 15 kilometres from the Madagascan capital, a reintegration centre receives 150 children and teenagers night and day.

28/11/2016

Target

Madagascar opens up national parks in bid to boost eco-tourism

Target Madagascar continues this week in the south west of the island, in one of Madagascar’s 43 national nature reserves.

22/09/2016

Target

Madagascar drills deep to make most of unused resources

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?

15/09/2016

Target

Madagascar takes to mining with wary eye on risks

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

08/09/2016

No Comment

Reunion Island: thousands witness partial eclipse of the sun

The annular solar eclipse was perfectly visible from the French island of Reunion, as well as Madagascar and other locations across Central Africa.

01/09/2016

Target

Toamasina: the economic heart of Madagascar

Madagascar’s Port of Toamasina, the economic heart of the country.

01/09/2016

World

Madagascar's President to finance future by using resources

Seven years ago Madagascar was rocked by violence as a political coup turned bloody.

04/06/2016

Madagascar

Madagascar lawmakers vote to remove president

Madagascar’s parliament has voted to remove President Hery Rajaonarimanpianina from office. It’s thought 121 of 125 lawmakers backed the move

27/05/2015

Madagascar

Madagascar floods kill 14 and displace thousands

Floods in Madagascar have killed 14 people and forced more than 21,000 people from their homes in and around the capital Antananarivo. The

01/03/2015

No Comment

Locust invasion in Madagascar

31/01/2015

Madagascar

Outbreak of the plague in Madagascar kills 40

22/11/2014

Madagascar

Madagascar crowd burn alive two Europeans over 'organ trafficking'

03/10/2013