Madagascar News

Ambassador Abhay Kumar met Madagascar’s Minister of Transport to discuss the possibility of direct flights Visa is available for Indian tourists on arrival in Madagascar A direct flight between the two countries can promote trade and commerce between the two countries

The cyclone gained strength as blew across the Indian Ocean. 22,000 people have already been evacuated to gymnasiums, schools or churches. The winds have toppled many trees, and electricity has been cut since Friday night.

India has become the first country to reach out to flood-ravaged Madagascar with operation Vanilla, deputing its ship INS Airavat to support the cyclone hit country. The ship is carrying five pallets each of victualing, clothing and naval stores along with three pallets of medicines.

The national side has never come close to qualifying for a World Cup and did not enter the Cup of Nations qualifiers until 1980.

Nigeria overcame a shock 2-0 defeat by Madagascar in the group stage to reach the quarter-finals with a dramatic 3-2 win over bitter rivals Cameroon and face South Africa in the last eight on Wednesday. 

The World Health Organization says that it is working hard to prevent the spread.

In January, 47 people, including 10 children and a newly wed couple, were killed when a truck carrying a wedding party and guests crashed.

Cyclone Enawo killed at least 50 people and affected 176,000 people after it hit Madagascar earlier this week, the national disaster management agency said Saturday, with thousands forced into emergency shelters.

At least 38 people have been killed by Cyclone Enawo that struck Madagascar this week.

On March 3, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard the Suomi NPP captured this visible image of Enawo formed in the Southern Indian Ocean as the satellite passed overhead.

Police said the accident occurred early Saturday outside the town of Anjozorobe, around 90 kilometres from the capital. 

The victims were in wedding procession when the lorry fell off a bridge and dropped directly into a river.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday he would act rapidly on a constitutional bill boosting his powers that was passed by parliament last week and which he must approve before it can go to a referendum.

A new species of snake discovered in Madagascar by a team of researchers has been named "ghost snake" for its pale grey colour and elusiveness.

Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) crash investigator Peter Foley said there was a possibility that someone was in control of the plane as it went down.

A fire during a house-warming party in central Madagascar killed 38 people, including 16 children, as the blaze ripped through a thatched roof, police said.

Some 38 of the 84 people killed on the seafront in Nice by a truck-driving man as they celebrated Bastille Day on July 14 were foreigners, the French foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

At least two people were killed and some 70 wounded in a grenade blast at a stadium in Madagascar's capital today during celebrations marking the country's independence day, the gendarmerie said.

The new piece of debris found in Tanzania will be examined for a possible link to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. 

Thirty one passengers onboard a bush taxi were killed by bandits in southwestern Madagascar, authorities said on Wednesday.