The humanitarian crisis in the south of the country has worsened in recent months, with the head of the country’s UN ...

The east African nation of Madagascar is a large, biodiverse island that spans the equivalent length of Florida to the Canadian border. Though its northern and central regions are lush with tropical ...

A boat accident off the coast of northeastern Madagascar on Monday killed at least 83 people, the country’s maritime agency said on Wednesday. Fifty people have been rescued and five are still missing ...

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ROME – The drought-stricken island nation of Madagascar is a ’wake up call” to what the world can expect in coming years due to climate change, the head of the United Nations’ food aid agency said ...

FILE - Children sit by a dug out water hole in a dry river bed in the remote village of Fenoaivo, Madagascar, Nov. 11, 2020. Don’t blame climate change for the devastating Madagascar drought and ...

THE PEOPLE of southern Madagascar are in peril. More than 1.1m of them are going hungry, according to the UN. More than 500,000 children under the age of five are at risk of being acutely malnourished ...

More than a million people on Madagascar’s parched southern tip are on the brink of famine, global rights group says. A child's arm is measured at a centre set up by World Food Programme and Action ...

The discovery of gemstones near Madagascar’s largest wetland has fueled a mining boom that threatens the environment and the local community. The rural commune of Andilana Avaratra has seen its ...

Just ahead of the UN climate change conference COP26, human rights organisation Amnesty International called for global leaders to urgently address the climate crisis and protect countries most ...

Madagascar has a documented 2,900 endemic species of trees, but a new report shows that almost two-thirds of them are in danger of disappearing. Of the 3,118 species covered, more than 90% had never ...