In 1942, with World War 2 raging across continents, the island of Madagascar emerged as a pivotal prize in the struggle for control over the Indian Ocean. Governed by the Vichy French, Madagascar’s ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina will meet in Paris on Monday to discuss the ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron began a two-day visit to the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar on Wednesday and spoke of the need for his country to find new ...

Madagascar, a French-speaking island of 30 million people, disputes France's ownership of several small islets nearby called the Scattered Islands that stayed under French rule when its other ...

THE FRENCH IN MADAGASCAR. Share full article. Oct. 10, 1896. ... who had shown themselves a warlike race, allowed the French column to march unopposed from the coast to the capital.

THE FRENCH IN MADAGASCAR. Share full article. Dec. 14, 1882. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from December 14, 1882, Page 4 Buy Reprints.

They include Madagascar’s claims over a group of small islands that are French territory, and its demands that France return the remains of a local king killed by colonial forces in the late 1800s.

French President Emmanuel Macron began a two-day visit to the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar on Wednesday and spoke of the need for his country to find new markets and boost economic ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron started a two-day visit to the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar on Wednesday and spoke of the need for his country to find new ...

A interesting account of the destruction of the French Observatory in Madagascar is contributed by M. E. Colin to a recent number of Cosmos.

At least 22 people have died after their boat capsized in the Indian Ocean, while undertaking a perilous, 400km (250 mile) journey from Madagascar to the French territory of Mayotte. Another 20 ...