Sources: The Independent
At least 12 people are killed and 80 are injured in a human crush during the opening ceremony of the Indian Ocean Island Games at the Mahamasina Municipal Stadium in Antananarivo, Madagascar. 2023-08-25
At least 22 people are killed and two others are reported missing after a boat heading to Mayotte capsizes off the coast of Madagascar. 2023-03-12
Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina calls on the military to take "responsibility for threats to national sovereignty and threats to national security" after a plot to assassinate him was foiled last week. Rajoelina called on the new military graduates to uphold democracy. 2021-07-31
Since August 1, another round of pneumonic, bubonic, and septicemic plague spreads in Madagascar, killing at least 45 people. 2017-10-7
German scientists confirm that the cause of the Great Plague of London from 1665–1666 was "Yersinia pestis" (cause of the Bubonic plague). 2016-09-8
At least 39 people are killed, including 16 children, in a fire at a residential compound in Mangidy, Madagascar. 2016-07-25
The World Health Organization reports that an outbreak of bubonic plague in Madagascar has killed 40 people. 2014-11-21
Hundreds of endangered species from Madagascar are found in a South African airport. 2014-02-1
Category 4 Cyclone Giovanna hits Madagascar near the city of Toamasina, with at least one person being killed and the death toll expected to rise. 2012-02-14
The Alaotra grebe, a grebe endemic to Madagascar, is declared extinct 25 years after its last reported sighting. 2010-05-26