[The Conversation Africa] Youth-led demonstrations that shook Madagascar in late 2025 began as protests over water and electricity shortages. They quickly evolved into bigger demands for political change, forcing president Andry Rajoelina into exile. The Gen-Z protesters (most born between 1997 and 2012) spoke of dignity, corruption and a broken social contract.
[The Conversation Africa] France's Ministry of Culture handed over three Malagasy skulls to Harea Georges Kamamy, the reigning king (ampagnito) of the Sakalava people in Menabe, a western region of Madagascar, on 26 August 2025. The skulls had been held for more than a century in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris.
[ISS] Curbing this violent crime wave could make or break the transitional government - and solutions will require more than military deployment.
[The Conversation Africa] In south-eastern Madagascar, patches of forest that were once cut down to make way for farms are slowly naturally regenerating after being left to lie fallow. But recovering a native forest needs more than just gaining tree cover. The animals that once lived in these forests also need to make their way back so that the forest can function the way it used to.
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[allAfrica] Antananarivo -- Has a chance to lead the world in conservation, and species protection, and we must not waste It.
[Agenzia Fides] Antananarivo -- Alarm is growing in Madagascar over a wave of unresolved disappearances and killings that, since the beginning of the year, has particularly affected children and adolescents, especially in and around the capital, Antananarivo.
[Reporter] For weeks, Madagascar's capital has been gripped by shock. Children have disappeared, bodies have been discovered, and public anger has reached a breaking point.
[RFI] A recent surge in disappearances and violent killings on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar has fuelled fears across the country and prompted the government to deploy hundreds of security personnel. Anti-corruption campaigner Ketakandriana Rafitoson, of Transparency International Initiative Madagascar, told RFI the violence reflects a broader "crisis of confidence" in the country's institutions.