At least 40 people have been killed and more than 16,000 others displaced after Cyclone Gezani slammed into Madagascar’s second-largest city earlier this week, as Mozambique braced for the storm’s ...

Island’s first tropical storm of season may bring 150mm of rain – meanwhile, eastern Europe freezes with possible night-time lows of -30C At least three people have died and nearly 30,000 people have ...

Coups have once again become rather endemic in Africa, though they are not always acknowledged as such. Between 2020 and 2025, there were eleven successful putsches plus a few attempts. One of the ...

DreamWorks Animation’s talking-animal movie classic, Madagascar, is coming back to theaters to celebrate its 20th anniversary next month. The company behind Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, and more animated ...

Madagascar’s coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina, who seized power this month after Gen Z-driven protests forced the former president out the country, has appointed a new prime minister.

Randrianirina sworn in amid cheers, trumpets AU and UN condemn Madagascar coup Military to rule for up to two years before handing over Madagascar's GDP per capita has fallen 45% since 1960 ...

In a 4x4 bumping and rattling along a dirt road in Madagascar, Nomentsoa Randria­mamonjy explains a local idiom. A few generations ago, the phrase “when the eastern forest disappears” was Madagascar’s ...

Andry Rajoelina was a young, man-of-the-people mayor when he led popular protests against the Madagascar government 16 years ago. The uprising resulted in a military-backed coup that brought Rajoelina ...

Madagascar’s army takes over as Gen Z protesters topple another government, Trump Administration revokes visas of foreigners who ‘celebrated’ Charlie Kirk’s death, and more Length: Long Speed: 1.0x ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A colonel in an elite military unit in Madagascar said Tuesday that the armed forces are taking power in the Indian Ocean nation in what appeared to confirm that ...

3:12 Madagascar coup: President Rajoelina impeached, military takes power following protests “We have taken the power,” Colonel Michael Randrianirina, who led a mutiny of soldiers joining ...

President Andry Rajoelina appears to have left the country after weeks of protests calling for him to resign. By John Eligon and Gaelle Borgia Reporting from Antananarivo, Madagascar Madagascar’s ...