July 26

• Madagascar: UN Rights Expert Calls for Greater Efforts to Tackle Child Sexual Exploitation

  An independent United Nations human rights expert today encouraged the Government of Madagascar to step up efforts to combat the sexual exploitation of children and ensure that... Read more »

June 26

• Madagascar: UN Agency Appeals for Urgent Funds to Control Locust Plague Threatening Madagascar

  The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today urgently appealed for $22 million to tackle the locust plague that has already infested over half of Madagascar's... Read more »

May 20

• Madagascar: UN Chief Concerned by Latest Electoral Developments

  United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon shares the concerns expressed earlier by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the African Union over the latest... Read more »

April 08

• Madagascar: U.S. Pop Star Katy Perry Teams Up With Unicef

  United States singer and songwriter Katy Perry has teamed up with the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) to bring attention to the situation of children in Madagascar, one of... Read more »

March 26

• Madagascar: Over U.S $41 Million Needed to End Locust Plague, Says UN Agency

  Madagascar needs more than $41 million to eliminate the severe locust plague that is threatening the country's crop production as well as the food security of more than half of the... Read more »

January 17

• Madagascar: UN Chief Welcomes Rajoelina Stepping Aside

  United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes the decision by the President of the Transition in Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, not to run in the forthcoming presidential... Read more »

December 19, 2012

• Madagascar: Madagascar Must Combat Poverty to Eradicate Slavery, UN Independent Expert Urges

  A United Nations independent expert today called on the Government of Madagascar to take "urgent measures" in its fight against poverty, adding that poverty was the driving factor... Read more »

September 26, 2012

• Madagascar: At UN Debate, Madagascar Seeks Support On Eve of Final Phase of Political Transition

  At the General Assembly today, Madagascar's Transitional President, Andry Rajoelina, called on the United Nations for continued international support for his Indian Ocean country... Read more »

February 23, 2012

• Madagascar: Temporary Classrooms Erected in Cyclone-Hit Areas

  The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is helping to build hundreds of temporary classrooms in towns and villages in eastern Madagascar to replace those destroyed during a... Read more »

February 17, 2012

• Madagascar: Disease Threatens Country After Cyclone

  The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) voiced concern today that waterborne diseases may soon spread in the areas of Madagascar that were pummelled by Cyclone Giovanna earlier... Read more »

February 15, 2012

• Madagascar: Unicef Set to Distribute Aid to Cyclone Victims

  The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) will start distributing medicines and mosquito nets tomorrow to the parts of eastern Madagascar hardest hit by Cyclone Giovanna, which... Read more »

September 24, 2011

• Madagascar: Govt Asks for Help on Electoral Timetable

  A week after reaching a deal with rivals to end Madagascar's protracted political crisis, the country's leader has called on the United Nations to help it establish a credible... Read more »

September 21, 2011

• Madagascar: Secretary-General Calls for Full Implementation of Political Road Map

  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the accord in Madagascar that is aimed at settling the country's prolonged political crisis and called for the deal's implementation so... Read more »