Madagascar News

On Friday, May 9 President Marc Ravalomanana of the Republic of Madagascar was in Logan County visiting farming operations.

With the recent rains, fire ant mounds have become quite visible in many lawns. Not only are these mounds unsightly but the sting from fire ants can be extremely painful and for some people even ...

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Security tightens at Malagasy radio and TV over coup rumors Security has been tightened around the premises of the Malagasy state TV and radio stations following rumours that some military ...

Pan African Mining Corp. announces that it has entered into a Market Purchase Consent Agreement with 0819615 B.C. Ltd.

Six shortwave towers in Madagascar launched a partnership that will bring students from the Third World to Nashville.

NAIROBI: FIFA on Monday lifted Madagascar's suspension from international football after the Indian Ocean's supreme court annuled the government's dissolution of the country's federation.

“We have to look at what aspects of our culture are slowing us down and change them. ... We need a new generation of leaders -- leaders who are willing to serve others before themselves.”

Not many college graduates can say they shook the president of their country's hand on stage after receiving their diploma. via Abilene Reporter-News

Here is an interesting post from Patric Tariq Mellet @" Slavery and Creolisation, Heritage in Cape" on the impact of former slaves from Madagascar on the cultural diversity in Cape .

“We have the best place for finding the rich people. We usually get money for food.”

Unlike the thousands of other homeless children in the Madagascan capital of Antananarivo, Tovo considers himself lucky. via IRIN News

It has a broad central avenue with some beautiful colonial architecture, such as the train station in the background here. via TrekEarth

Planting Trees On "slash-and-burn" Fields. The idea was to distribute 10 Ravintsara plants per person for the benefit of farmers who own land in the buffer zone between the ...

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 :: infoZine Staff This Travel Alert is being issued to advise U.S. citizens traveling to the Union of the Comoros of the potential for unrest following the removal of former president ... via Kansas City InfoZine

A major study about a new methodology for protecting biodiversity in Madagascar was published in the latest Science issue.

A vast study of the plants and animals unique to Madagascar was published Thursday in a bid to protect thousands of rare species found only on the large African island.

Freedom of Speech , Development , Environment , Governance , Science Languages: French , Malagasy , English Full Category List Excerpt Madagascar is arguably most renowned for its unique biodiversity.

A stump-tailed chameleon from Madagascar. Using data from thousands of species of lemurs, frogs, geckos, butterflies, ants, and plants, scientists from the Bronx Zoo-based Wildlife Conservation Society, ...

Eight nonprofit organizations were named winners of the "MacArthur Award for Creative and Effective Institutions," and each will receive up to $500,000 from the MacArthur Foundation: Centro de Derechos Humanos ...

You don't go to the wildlife paradise of Madagascar for cities, but the island's capital is well worth dropping in to A VIBRANT city full of French colonial architecture, Antananarivo clings to the sides of a ... via Scotsman.com Living

“If the US wants to win a war it ought to be the war on malaria.”

Belalanda , Dec 31: In Belalanda, a small village of reed huts in southwest Madagascar, women with faces smeared with a skin-lightening face pack file away from the local health clinic with packages on their ... via Newkerala.com

“Fortunately Allah is merciful enough to tolerate the late arrival of poor pilgrims at the mercy of an organization practically on the verge of chaos.”

The world is talking. Are you listening? Harinjaka posts photos from Zoma market in Antananarivo, Madagascar. via Global Voices Online