May 17

• Microcredit Helps Small Businesses Buck the System

  IRIN

  Justine Sija, 60, begins her day at 4am, when she buys catch from local fishermen to hawk on the streets of St Augustin Village, in Madagascar's southern Atsimo-Andrefana Region.... Read more »

May 15

• Madagascar's Rajoelina Refuses to Withdraw Candidacy

  allAfrica

  Madagascar's leader Andry Rajoelina has ignored a request by the Southern African Development Community (SADC), not to run in the upcoming elections, reports AFP. Read more »

May 8

• Madagascar President Rajoelina Breaks Vow Not to Stand in Polls

  AEP

  Madagascar will go ahead with a planned presidential election in July, an international mediator said on Sunday, days after the leader of the Indian Ocean island reneged on a... Read more »

May 3

• The Country's Presidential Candidates Known on Friday

  Cameroon Tribune

  The Special Election Court has been studying applications from 49 presidential hopefuls. Read more »

May 1

• Food Insecurity Opens Door to TB

  IRIN

  Health experts fear the interruption of food assistance in Madagascar is increasing incidence of tuberculosis (TB) in Toliara, the capital city of Madagascar's southern... Read more »

April 29

• Former President Ratsiraka to Contest July Polls

  AEP

  Former president of Madagascar Didier Ratsirakawill be contesting in the upcoming July 2013 general elections in Madagascar in a bid to rule the nation for the third time, after... Read more »

April 27

• Pope Receives President of Madagascar

  CISA

  This morning in the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father received in audience Mr Andry Nirina Rajoelina, President of the High Transitional Authority of Madagascar. President... Read more »

April 26

• Former First Lady Contests in Presidential Poll

  AEP

  The wife of Madagascar's ousted President Marc Ravalomanana has filed in her papers to stand in the country's presidential elections slated for July 2013. Read more »

• Rwandans in Madagascar Mark Genocide

  New Times

  Rwandans living in Madagascar and neighbouring regions in the Indian Ocean met in the country's capital Antananarivo to commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Read more »

April 23

• Report of the Chairperson of the Commission On the Situation in Madagascar At the Peace and Security Council 368th Meeting At Ministerial Level, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania 22 April 2013 [document]

  African Union

  Report of the Chairperson Of The Commission on The Situation in Madagascar at The Peace and Security Council 368th Meeting at Ministerial Level, Dar-Es-Salaam, United Republic of... Read more »

• Human Rights Reports - Madagascar [document]

  State Department

  Madagascar is ruled by an unelected and illegal civilian regime that assumed power in a March 2009 coup with military support. Andry Nirina Rajoelina, who led the regime, adopted... Read more »

April 22

• Entrenched Class, Economic Divide [analysis]

  Cameroon Tribune

  Madagascar, an island nation located in the Indian Ocean, has experienced protracted political instability since early 2009 when tensions between the then President, Marc... Read more »

April 19

• Nearly 7000 Displaced in Tana Delta

  The Star

  Food, shelter and medical care is what thousands of people in the Tana Delta are in need of after being displaced by floods. Clare Wambui tells us more Read more »