(Reuters) - Here are some key facts about Madagascar where President Andry Rajoelina named an army colonel his prime minister on Sunday after power-sharing negotiations on the Indian Ocean island ...

Where do lemurs come from and what are their origins? The ancestors of the lemurs would have arrived from Africa to Madagascar by natural floating rafts 65 million years ago. Then they evolved and ...

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ANTANANARIVO, June 8 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Madagascar is suffering a third consecutive year of drought and its poorest rainy season in 35 years. More than 1.1 million people are unable to ...

Discover 25 amazing facts about lemurs, including where they live, what they eat and how together we can protect them.

Bates College graduate and former Sun Journal reporter Vanessa Paolella is now a Peace Corps volunteer living in Madagascar. This is the first of a series of columns of what life is like on the unique ...

Pointing is considered rude by many cultures. But in the riverine gallery forests of southeast Madagascar — and everywhere else on the island — extending an index finger is a serious taboo, one of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...