Madagascar

Vantage | Why Madagascar's opposition calls its polls an 'institutional coup'

As Madagascar heads toward contested polls amid violence and political turmoil, the situation remains fluid

The Missing Continent: What we know about Zealandia, the eighth continent discovered after 375 years

A team of seismologists and geologists have updated the map of Zealandia, also known as Te Riu-a-Māui in the Māori. According to scientists, there are actually eight continents and the newest one is the smallest, thinnest, and youngest on the entire planet

Madagascar: 12 killed in crush at opening ceremony of Indian Ocean Island Games

The crush on Friday at the Mahamasina Stadium in the capital, Antananarivo, happened as people gathered at an entrance for the official opening of the regional multi-sports event.

Freaky Freddy: The longest-lived cyclone brings death and destruction to southern Africa

After four days of destructive wind and rain, local communities and relief workers are now confronting the aftermath of Cyclone Freddy. The cyclone has killed more than 250 people and displaced tens of thousands of others across Malawi and Mozambique

'Distressed by the devastation': PM Modi condoles loss of lives due to cyclone in Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar

Rescuers scrambled to reach survivors in Malawi's battered city of Blantyre, after Cyclone Freddy struck southern Africa for a second time, triggering floods and landslides that have killed more than 240 people across two countries

32 days and counting: How Freddy is hurtling its way into becoming the world’s ‘longest-lasting’ tropical cyclone

Cyclone Freddy, which was first spotted in Australia’s Melbourne on 6 February, is all set to hit the southeastern African nation of Mozambique, days after making landfall late last month. The World Meteorological Organization is monitoring this ‘very rare’ storm which has killed at least 21 people

Did the pilot cause the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 to crash deliberately?

A new piece of debris has been found, adding to the mystery surrounding the Malaysian plane’s unexpected disappearance on 8 March 2014. Now new material evidence suggests that one of the pilots of the MH370 flight intentionally tried to crash the aircraft

Cyclone Batsirai: Over 45,000 displaced as powerful storm pounds Madagascar; 95% of city destroyed, says resident

The destructive Cyclone Batsirai, which means help in the Shona language, was the second to hit Madagascar in two weeks, compounding the woes of the locals

Third edition of navy's Goa Maritime Conclave begins tomorrow; to focus on maritime security challenges in Indian Ocean Region

Chiefs of navies or heads of maritime forces from Bangladesh, Comoros, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritius, Myanmar, Seychelles, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Thailand will participate in the event

Amnesty urges immediate relief for famine-hit Madagascar amid severe drought

More than a million people on the country's parched southern tip are on the brink of famine and some are already dying, the rights watchdog said, as it has been hit by the worst drought in four decades