Fourteen people died and 62 were injured when a heavily overloaded lorry crashed on Madagascar, police said Saturday.
According to dpa, the lorry had been transporting seven tonnes of mined crystals, and the driver had also allowed around 80 (...)
Akhir 06 , 1432 H. / March 11, 2011 -- Madagascar's prime minister, Camille Vital,
and his cabinet stepped down on Thursday, telling local media they
wanted to clear the way for a successor who could be accepted by all
political parties, (...)
Awwal 15, 1432 H/Feb 18, 2011, SPA -- Madagascar urged an airline expected to carry exiled leader Marc Ravalomanana back to the Indian Ocean island on Saturday to block his departure for security reasons, Reuters quoted a senior civil aviation (...)
Awwal 01, 1432, Feb 04, 2011, SPA -- Southern Africa mediators said they were confident a new political road map offered to Madagascar's rival leaders would resolve an almost two-year leadership row on the Indian Ocean island, according to (...)
A Madagascar court sentenced deposed leader Marc Ravalomanana in absentia on Saturday to forced labour for the deaths of dozens of protesters during a march on the presidential palace last year, Reuters reported.
The verdict could open a fresh (...)
Madagascar's security forces shot at a dissident faction of military police and several hundred anti-government demonstrators protesting on Thursday against the country's continued political crisis, according to Reuters.
A Reuters witness said the (...)
Madagascar's leader has vowed to disband his internationally rejected government and form an interim body with an ousted opposition leader following an ultimatum from the army to solve a festering crisis, according to Reuters.
Analysts say there (...)
Madagascar's armed forces minister said that he refuses to leave his office, a day after the Indian Ocean island's military-backed leader fired him on rumors of a coup, according to AP.
Gen. Noel Rakotonandrasana, who aided the former disc jockey (...)
A storm on Madagascar left 14 people dead, 27,000 homeless and thousands of houses damaged after ravaging the tropical island, national television reported Saturday.
The region around the town of Mananjary was hit the hardest on Friday, the (...)
Madagascar"s president, Andry Rajoelina, named an army officer as his new prime minister on Sunday after the collapse of power-sharing negotiations to end months of political turmoil on the Indian Ocean island, according to Reuters.
"The president (...)
Criminal gangs are stripping Madagascar"s poorly-protected national parks every day of precious hardwood worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, Reuters quoted two environmental campaign groups have as saying.
In a report issued this week, Global (...)
Madagascar's president has
named a new prime minister and fired his former premier, who had
refused to step down under the terms of a power-sharing deal
aimed at ending nine months of political turmoil, Reuters reported.
President Andry (...)
U.N. Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon has called on Madagascar's leaders to stick to a
power-sharing deal struck last month after the opposition called
on the army to take the top three posts of a unity government, Reuters reported.
The country's (...)
The crew of a freighter sailing under the
Turkish flag was evacuated in heavy storms off the southern tip of
Madagascar, local media reported Thursday, according to dpa.
The reconnaissance ships San Jose and Giovanni Topic rushed to the
aid of (...)
Gunmen shot dead two security guards at a
radio station belonging to interim Madagascar President Andry
Rajoelina on Sunday while a third person was killed in a bomb blast
near a military building outside the capital, police said, according to (...)