(Reuters) - Here are some key facts about Madagascar where President Marc Ravalomanana handed power to the military on Tuesday, clearing the way for an opposition takeover after a months-long power ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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(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 ...