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Eleven people are killed after a landslide at an illegal mining site in Vatomandry, Madagascar.
2026-06-2

Malagasy president Michael Randrianirina appoints Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo as prime minister.
2025-10-20

Cyclone Freddy makes landfall in Madagascar, killing at least four people.
2023-02-21

Five high-ranking army officers and several police officers are arrested in Madagascar in connection with a failed attempt to assassinate the country's president, thereby bringing the number of people arrested in connection to the plot to 21.
2021-08-1

Madagascar receives its first shipment of 50,000 doses of the Covishield vaccine manufactured by the Serum Institute of India.
2021-05-8

Massive floods in Madagascar kill 31 people and displace 16,000 others.
2020-01-30

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

The party of former Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana suspends its role in the unity government after the plane carrying him home from exile was turned away.
2012-01-22

The return of former Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana, in exile in South Africa, is blocked by the government on the island. Tear gas is fired to disperse supporters at the international airport.
2011-02-19

Customs officers at Kuala Lumpur International Airport discover 400 rare tortoises, more than 40 rare tomato frogs and an unidentified number of chameleons bound with masking tape and stuffed into socks allegedly smuggled from Madagascar in the luggage of two women.
2010-07-18