Madagascar News

The chairman of the African Union urged the world on Thursday not to row back on aid to the world's poorest continent due to the financial crisis.

The northern region of Diana is known for the beautiful beaches of the Nosy-Be district and the scent of fields of ylang-ylang flowers.

On Saturday, October 4, 2008 the BarCamp Madagascar was held at Hotel IVOTEL, Ambohidahy in the capital Antananarivo.

Otherwise the gunshots, gang fights, greed, international dealers, sudden growth spurt, prostitutes and mercenaries... all the ingredients are there.

Ilakaka is currently the source of roughly 50% of the world’s sapphire, and it’s a fascinating case study in what happens when something very valuable can be pulled out of the ground without much capital investment

The warning posters start at the airport in the capital, Antananarivo, informing visitors that Madagascar says "NO to sex tourism" and "Malagasy women are not tourist souvenirs". Large billboards notifying ...

Eleven-year-old Amanda Hansen eagerly crunched into a steamy hot, golden yellow piece of corn on the cob on Sunday.

BarCamp Madagascar will be the first BarCamp event in Madagascar. The full-day event is free of charge for all participants and will include presentations, lightning talks, and meetups on various topics of ...

ANTANANARIVO, 2 October 2008 - The price of rice, the staple food of Madagascar's 19 million people, has stabilised, but the country's southern regions, where remote communities are vulnerable to chronic food ...

Losing track of time in Madagascar From Deidre McKee of Austin. Madagascar isn't for everyone.

Houston & Antananarivo - Madagascar Oil announced it has closed on the farmout of a 60 percent interest and operatorship in the license for the vast Bemolanga oil sands accumulation to French supermajor TOTAL.

Nairobi - Elisabeth's 13 children were born by candlelight. Her daughter, who has just become a mother for the first time, was more "fortunate". Now, in Antasahadinta hospital in rural Madagascar, the use of ...

By Henry Mukasa and Hellen Mukiibi PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni is in New York to attend the 63rd UN General Assembly.

When you're on the lookout for lemurs - the unusually cute and endangered group of primates found only on the African island of Madagascar - it helps to have good eyes , sharp ears and a keen nose .

An International Monetary Fund mission, led by George Tsibouris, visited Antananarivo during September 11-24, 2008, to hold discussions for the fifth review under the IMF's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility ...

In fact, if you search Google for 'Madagascar' the second and third search returns have nothing to do with the country at all, but rather the Disney movie.

Cardinal Ivan Dias, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 17 July 2008 appointed Father Honore Boudi, of the Archdiocese of Antsiranana, as Rector of the Interdiocesan Theological ...

The current global food, economic and security crises should not be used by affluent countries as a rationale for cutting back on pledges of increased aid to needy States, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, ...

Between 5 and 7 p.m. Antananarivo is abuzz with pedestrian activity. Streets become streams of unrushed walkers lined with banks of candle-lit informal economy. Anything you could possibly want to buy is all of a sudden right by your side, but only between 5 and 7 p.m. Day turns to dusk turns to night. The retreating sunlight plays games with angular buildings, tired eyes, and flashing white teeth..

Truly going back to basics - ' can I cope? SUSAN Dalgety and her husband have given up their jobs, let their heavily mortgaged house and headed off to travel the world in a camper van.