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The lemur, a furry primate that symbolises Madagascar's unique biodiversity, is under renewed threat from a "timber mafia" pillaging the island's forests for profit. Environmentalists warn that a political crisis in the...
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council Tuesday welcomed the power-sharing agreement reached by Madagascar's current and former leaders, and urged the political forces to end months of internal strife by...
ANTANANARIVO, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- The new Madagascan transitional prime minister officially took office on Friday in the Madagascan capital of Antananarivo during a handover ceremony. Eugene Regis Mangalaza, 59, was appointed...
ROME, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Fifty heads of state will meet in Rome Sunday to examine the way that rich Middle Eastern and Asian states are buying up vast tracts of farmland in Africa, often secretly, in what is seen as a massive...
BARRY MALONE AND ED CROPLEY | BAKO, ETHIOPIA - "Instead of African countries giving away their best lands, they should invest in their own farmers," said Akin Adesina, vice-president of the Nairobi-based Alliance for a Green...
AFP/File – Madagascar's disputed leader Andry Rajoelina talks to journalists after a meeting with African Union … ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – The African Union on Tuesday called on Madagascar's political rivals to urgently implement a...
The SADC Troika on Politics, Defence and Security has expressed satisfaction at the way the region is addressing the political situation in Lesotho, Madagascar and Zimbabwe. In a communiqué released following the recent SADC...
Replies: 0 Last poster: KingsleyKobo at 09-11-2009 22:21 Topic is Open Madagascar?s political rivals have finally brokered a peace deal in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, over the weekend, aimed at bringing lasting peace to months of...
Four current and former leaders of Madagascar have struck a power-sharing deal, ending months of political wrangling that has rocked the island nation off the east coast of Africa, the United Nations said.
More than 50 heads of state will gather for a summit later this month to look at ways of policing the extraordinary "land grab" that has seen richer countries buy up at least 20 million hectares of farmland in Africa in the...
