November 23

• Madagascar: Cyclone Preparations Threatened

  A US$6.1 million funding shortfall is jeopardizing the World Food Programme's (WFP) practice of pre-positioning relief supplies in many areas vulnerable to cyclones. The practice... Read more »

November 21

• Madagascar: Prisoners Sentenced to Malnutrition

  Former gang member Robert, 62, shares a cell with 145 other inmates in Antanimora Prison in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo. He receives one meal a day of dried cassava. Read more »

November 7

• Madagascar: Domestic Violence Rises As Incomes Fall

  Incomes have slipped to their lowest level in a decade since Madagascar's 2009 coup d'etat, and, in parallel, domestic violence has sharply risen. Read more »

October 19

• Madagascar: Possible Palm Extinction Threatens Livelihoods

  Eighty-three percent of Madagascar's palm species - which are a vital source of both food and building materials - are threatened by extinction, according to the International... Read more »

September 28

• Madagascar: Bandits Thrive in Rural South

  In 2010, scores of bandits attacked Bevilany, a charcoal-producing settlement in Madagascar's southern Anosy Region. By the time the fight was over, 11 outlaws and one 'zamasi' - a... Read more »

September 25

• Madagascar: The Hunt for Remenabila [opinion]

  Yvan Razafimandimby, 22, was working at the family store in the Taolagnaro neighbourhood of Anbounato, Madagascar, when two soldiers arrived to inform him that his 50-year-old... Read more »

September 22

• Madagascar: Children With Disabilities Get a Second Chance at School [opinion]

  It was only when her daughter, then five years old, was playing near railway tracks in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, and failed to hear the whistle of an oncoming train that... Read more »

September 19

• Madagascar: Combating Child Malnutrition in Madagascar [press release]

  About half of Madagascar's children under the age of five are stunted - the irreversible effect of undernourishment during the first 1,000 days of life. Children who suffer from... Read more »

August 28

• Madagascar: Sex for Survival

  About one in seven residents of Madagascar's main port city of Toamasina are sex workers. Read more »

July 20

• Madagascar: Half a Million Undiagnosed Diabetics

  An estimated one million people in Madagascar are diabetic, but only about half of them know it. Finding the other half presents a major challenge for this large, island nation in... Read more »

July 18

• Madagascar: Madagascar's Unforgiving Bandit Lands [analysis]

  "At 9am I checked them [the zebu] and they were still there, and two hours later they were gone," he told IRIN. "I need them to do the work in the field, to pull the cart and to... Read more »

June 26

• Madagascar: Cyclones, Aid Cuts Worsen Malnutrition

  The eastern Madagascan coastal town of Brickaville in Atsinanana region - ravaged by Cyclone Giovanna earlier this year - provided a refuge of sorts for Edwige Solo and her... Read more »

May 25

• Madagascar: A Decaying Health Sector

  The Basic Health Centre or Centre de Santé de Base (CSB) II in Anjalajala, near Antsohihy, the capital of Madagascar's northern Sofia Region, is housed in a recently... Read more »

May 4

• Madagascar: Peer Pressure to Stop Teen Pregnancy

  Daughters as young as 12 in the villages surrounding Antsohihy, the capital of Sofia Region, in Madagascar's remote, traditional north, often suffer the harmful consequences of... Read more »

April 13

• Madagascar: Small Steps Towards Land Reform

  When officials asked everybody in the commune (sub-district) of Talata in Madagascar's central Amoron'i Mania region to register their land in 2007, it was to be the beginning of a... Read more »

March 23

• Madagascar: Addressing Toilet Taboos to Improve Sanitation

  In Madagascar's east coast city of Tamatave, a local taboo against having a toilet in your house or on your land has complicated the task of trying to improve the region's dire... Read more »

March 10

• Madagascar: Tropical Storm Irina Claims 72 Lives

  Less than two weeks after being battered by Cyclone Giovanna, another violent storm has swept over Madagascar killing 72 people and leaving 70,000 homeless, according to the... Read more »

February 23

• Madagascar: Stunted Children Means Stunted Lives [analysis]

  At the age of four, Henintsoa Rakotoarimanana weighs just 10kg and, at a height of 84cm, is not much larger than a baby. Fed on rice and cassava since he was born, he is now... Read more »

February 20

• Madagascar: Cyclone Giovanna Struck With Little Warning

  In a cyclone-prone country like Madagascar, which feels the force of about 60 percent of the storms that form over the Indian Ocean every year, being prepared for disaster makes... Read more »

February 15

• Madagascar: Cyclone Kills At Least 10

  At least 10 people have died after Cyclone Giovanna struck Madagascar but details of its impact on the regions which bore the brunt of the category-four tropical storm remain... Read more »

February 13

• Madagascar: Cyclone Expected in High Population Areas

  A category four tropical storm, Cyclone Giovanna, is expected to make landfall on 14 February close to the Madagascan east coast town of Toamasina and thereafter head for the... Read more »

February 1

• Madagascar: Farmers Boost Rice Output

  Ernest Rakotoarivony, 45, was teased by some members of the Talata community, a small town 30km north of Madagascar's capital Antananarivo, after breaking with traditional rice... Read more »

January 20

• Madagascar: Illegal Rosewood Trade Continues

  Environmentalists and the international community are trying to find ways of limiting the damage caused by an explosion in the illegal logging of precious hardwoods in Madagascar... Read more »

December 22, 2011

• Madagascar: Legal Aid Clinics Help Rural Women

  Legal aid clinics are playing an important role during Madagascar's current political and economic crisis, especially for poverty-hit rural women who are under-served by the... Read more »

December 1, 2011

• Madagascar: Donors Deliver Despite Sanctions

  After more than two years of political crisis, Madagascar finally appears to be moving towards the restoration of democracy. A new prime minister has been appointed, and elections... Read more »