Tag: Madagascar

Indian Ocean island country Madagascar is on the verge of committing to a Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional fisheries control and surveillance initiative. The...

On 25 March, a military cooperation agreement between Russia and Madagascar came into force, following a visit in Russia of the Malagasy Minister of...

Twenty people, including two French nationals, were charged on Monday with plotting to kill Madagascar's president and other offences as their trial began in...

Madagascar has arrested 21 more suspects, including 12 military personnel, in connection with a plot to kill President Andry Rajoelina and topple the government,...

Madagascan police this week arrested six people, including a foreign national, on suspicion of plotting to kill the president, after months of investigation, officials...

The Indian Naval Ship INS Shardul made a port call at Antsiranana, Madagascar, as part of First Training Squadron’s (1TS) Overseas Deployment from 21...

Madagascar’s military is operating MSPV Panthera T4 armoured carriers, which were seen for the first time last month. Madagascar celebrated the 60th anniversary of its...

Madagascar's military has taken delivery of nine aircraft, including a CN235 transport, AS350 helicopters and Cessna 206 light aircraft. They were officially handed over in...

Former presidents Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana won most votes in Madagascar's presidential election according to provisional results issued on Saturday that...

Thanks to the efforts of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, together with others in the international community, Madagascar's political conflict has largely...

The chances of compromise and dialogue among Madagascar's political actors are getting slimmer by the day. Violent confrontation between supporters of two...

Cattle theft in Madagascar is becoming an increasingly violent crime, with bandits terrorising villages by stealing, killing victims and taking cattle owners...

Madagascar's president demanded an end to unrest he said was intended to divide the country after two demonstrators were killed in a...

One person was killed when Madagascar police fired tear gas at opposition demonstrators protesting against new electoral laws they say are designed...

Madagascar will soon take delivery of another rescue boat from France, having received three others in the last decade. The vessel, named...

A plague epidemic in Madagascar killed 124 people since August in an outbreak that has hit the island's two main cities the...

United States Africa Command concluded the Africa Endeavour 16 event in Madagascar on Monday with a final ceremony which highlighted the communications...

United States Africa Command concluded the Africa Endeavour 16 event in Madagascar on Monday with a final ceremony which highlighted the communications...

United States Africa Command concluded the Africa Endeavour 16 event in Madagascar on Monday with a final ceremony which highlighted the communications...

U.S. Africa Command, in partnership with the Armed Forces of Madagascar, kicked off Africa Endeavor 2016 on 22 August in Antananarivo. In its...

Two people were killed and dozens injured by an explosion during an Independence Day concert in Madagascar's capital late on Sunday, police...

The Madagascan Ministry of National Defence has re-commissioned the Malagasy V17 offshore patrol vessel (OPV) back into service after over a year...

A strike by some workers at Air Madagascar that has grounded most of the state-owned carrier's fleet neared one week, with union...

Madagascar's national airline Air Madagascar has placed an order for three ATR 72-600s for a total of approximately $77 million, with the...

Madagascar's exiled former leader Marc Ravalomanana was detained on Monday after returning to the Indian Ocean island for the first time since...

One of the Madagascan Air Force's Humbert Tetras light aircraft crashed on Tuesday, killing both occupants in a blow to the small...

Madagascar's new president Hery Rajaonarimampianina, who won the first elections since a coup in 2009, took office on Saturday but his inauguration...

Madagascar's first presidential election since a military-backed coup was free and fair, European Union (EU) and Southern African observers said on Sunday,...

Results dribbled in from Madagascar's presidential election on Saturday but two front-runners said a second round looked likely in a vote many...

The people of Madagascar began voting on Friday in a presidential election they hope will end a five-year crisis and rebuild investor...

Madagascar's Air Force recently received a second Humbert Aviation Tetras light aircraft from France, the latest in a series of aircraft acquired...

A crowd burnt two Europeans to death on a tourist island in Madagascar and lynched a local man because they suspected them...

WikiLeaks has revealed South Africa helped Madagascar's ousted president to import crowd control weapons before he lost power. The Sunday Independent newspaper...

WikiLeaks has revealed South Africa helped Madagascar's ousted president to import crowd control weapons before he lost power. The Sunday Independent newspaper...

Madagascar's president named a new government but the opposition immediately rejected the cabinet as illegal, throwing into question a road map towards...

Madagascar will arrest exiled former president Marc Ravalomanana if he returns to the Indian Ocean island, a senior cabinet minister said a...

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina bowed to foreign pressure and signed a political road map that allows for the unconditional return of his...

The number of tourists visiting Madagascar jumped 16 percent in the first half of 2011 from a year earlier, official data showed...

Madagascar has postponed indefinitely a referendum on a new constitution because the charter has not yet been completed, the head of the...

Madagascar's leader said he could form a politically "neutral" government after last-ditch power-sharing talks failed over the weekend, and said he expected...

Madagascar's leader has vowed to disband his internationally rejected government and form an interim body with an ousted opposition leader following an...

Madagascar's army has given President Andry Rajoelina until the end of April to offer an acceptable way out of the 13-month political...

Madagascar's armed forces minister yesterday refused to quit his post a day after the Indian Ocean Island's prime minister fired him following...

Madagascar's president spurned yesterday the African Union's (AU) latest attempt to resolve the Indian Ocean island's crisis, increasing the chance the continent's...

Madagascar's President Andy Rajoelina has called a meeting next week with leading opposition groups to try to resolve a year-long political crisis...

Madagascar's embattled leader Andry Rajoelina appointed a new vice prime minister in charge of foreign affairs yesterday, in a fresh effort to...

The spokesperson for the African Union (AU) says the continental body will soon hold special meetings to address the political and security...

African Union leaders said on Tuesday they intended to strengthen the group's powers to fight a rising tide of coups and electoral...

Madagascar's government has said it will crack down on opposition leaders and their supporters, who reject plans for elections, if they provoke...

President Barack Obama said he has terminated trade benefits for Guinea, Madagascar and Niger, three African countries where democratic progress is threatened...