MADAGASCAR

MADAGASCAR

Oil firm on trial

WB-supported programme to improve Africa's connectivity

Viva Freddy: How the cyclone broke 16 records in 37 days

DTE reportage tracking Cyclone Freddy from Australia to Africa

MADAGASCAR

Mammals under threat: 2nd extinction wave underway in Australia, Caribbean

New study predicts 558 species of mammals to be extinct by turn of century

Coconut cousins

DNA analysis shows coconuts have two different origins

Giant frog links South America, Madagascar

Funds flowing

Primates losing race

IN PHOTOS: Tropical storm Ana kills at least 70 in Africa, disrupts lives of thousands

Double whammy for Madagascar that is already fighting food crisis

Mounting problem

Human activities are degrading mountain ranges worldwide

Lucky leap

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Wildlife map via satellite

China’s Africa strategy is shifting from extraction to investment — driven from the industry-rich Hunan region

Vulnerability of African countries and changing domestic needs of China leading to the shift

Cyclone Freddy travelled from Australia to batter Madagascar, one of the most climate-vulnerable nations

The world’s fourth-largest island is suffering a drought since 2018; cyclones and also the first famine caused by climate change

A 'sapphire rush' has sent at least 45,000 miners into Madagascar's protected rainforests

The island's latest mining boom threatens a critically endangered lemur – and puts human lives at risk

Meet the mini frogs of Madagascar – the new species we’ve discovered

Evolution of body size in Madagascar’s miniature frogs has been more dynamic than previously understood

Why are vanilla growers in Madagascar struggling to survive?

Farmers in Madagascar, world's largest vanilla-exporting country, live in poverty and constant fear of losing their crop to theft

The vanilla's meeting

High prices and illegal shipments of inferior quality have badly affected Madagascar's status as premier vanilla producer.

Africa’s energy poverty: Push to renewables, more players for power supply may help Madagascar’s electrification plans

Around 35% of country has access to electricity, 1.4% has access to clean cooking fuel

Rice, integral to Madagascar, may be hastening the decline of its unique biodiversity; here is how

Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; most of the plants, animals, insects and fungi found there are not found anywhere else  

Water, Africa’s Gold: Pan-continental shortage forces Africans to spend more on water than food

Women and children in Africa spend 4.5 million years collecting water every year: A pan-continental shortage has made hunt for water a daily …