Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 02:30
Madagascar`s new president Hery Rajaonarimampianina, who won the first elections since a coup in 2009, took office on Saturday but his inauguration was marred by an explosion that killed one person and wounded dozens after the ceremony.
Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:00
Hery Rajaonarimampianina, backed by strongman Andry Rajoelina, has been elected president of Madagascar, the country`s electoral court ruled Friday.
Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 21:27
With all votes tallied, provisional results show that the candidate supported by Madagascar`s former strongman will likely be the next president.
Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 14:57
Former finance minister Hery Rajaonarimampianina won Madagascar`s run-off Presidential Election, the electoral commission said, but his main rival claims the vote was rigged.
Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 19:11
Violence broke out as Madagascar voted on Friday in crunch elections to restore democracy after a 2009 coup, leaving a senior government official dead and a polling station torched.
Last Updated: Friday, October 25, 2013, 10:04
Poverty-wracked Madagascar began voting on Friday in long-delayed presidential elections meant to restore democracy and pull the country out of the crisis it plunged into after a 2009 coup.
Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 14:34
A noisy technology that blasts high-frequency sounds below water to map the ocean for oil probably caused the deaths of 75 melon-headed whales off Madagascar, experts have said.
Last Updated: Saturday, July 20, 2013, 11:54
As many as 86,000 children are working in mines in Madagascar, an International Labour Organisation (ILO) official has revealed, adding some of them work to help parents in sapphires or gold careers.
Last Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013, 19:07
The London Zoo has launched a worldwide hunt for a female mate for a `gorgeously ugly` tropical fish which is on the brink of extinction.
Last Updated: Friday, April 19, 2013, 12:35
Researchers have announced the discovery of a new species of dinosaur from Madagascar, filling an important gap in the island`s fossil record.
Last Updated: Monday, April 8, 2013, 18:00
Katy Perry visited Madagascar in support of the United Nations Children`s Fund (Unicef) to help draw attention to the importance of providing education and help to children on the African island nation.
Last Updated: Friday, March 29, 2013, 18:31
Scientists have identified two new species of mouse lemur, the saucer-eyed, teacup-sized primates native to the African island of Madagascar.
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