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At least ten people are killed by floods in Antananarivo, Madagascar.
2022-01-18

At least 64 people are confirmed dead following a boat accident off the coast of Antseraka, Analanjirofo, Madagascar, on Monday, with 24 others still missing.
2021-12-22

Madagascar officials announce that two French citizens arrested over a plot to kill President Andry Rajoelina are former members of the French Armed Forces. The Government of France says that it is working with its consulate in Madagascar as the French military says that it has no comments on the arrests.
2021-07-23

The head of the World Food Programme, David Beasley, warns of a "biblical" famine due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and says that the disaster already exists in Ethiopia, Madagascar, South Sudan and Yemen, while also warning that conditions are of "particular concern" in Nigeria and Burkina Faso.
2021-06-30

Opposition demonstrations in Antananarivo, Madagascar, turn violent. Prime Minister Olivier Mahafaly Solonandrasana says one died and seventeen were injured but opposition Parliamentarian Hanitra Razafimanantsoa, who supports ex-President Marc Ravalomanana, says two were shot dead and two babies at a nearby hospital killed by tear gas.
2018-04-21

At least 29 people are dead and 22 are missing in the aftermath of a strong tropical cyclone striking Madagascar.
2018-01-9

The death toll from an outbreak of plague in Madagascar nears 100. So far, there have been 911 cases recorded.
2017-10-21

Since August 1, another round of pneumonic, bubonic, and septicemic plague spreads in Madagascar, killing at least 45 people.
2017-10-7

At least 39 people are killed, including 16 children, in a fire at a residential compound in Mangidy, Madagascar.
2016-07-25

Former President of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana is sentenced "in absentia" to life in prison with hard labour for ordering the killing of opposition supporters.
2010-08-28