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Dead Join the Living in a Family Celebration

Madagascar Travel — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:21:12 +0000

With fanfare befitting a parade, the shrouded remains of 17 bodies were removed from the family crypt, some sprayed with expensive perfume, others splashed with sparkling wine.

South Africa questions judicial process of sentencing Madagadcan former president Ravalomanana

Madagascar Travel — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 09:40:06 +0000

South Africa has for the first time given an indication of where it stands regarding the Madagascan government.

SADC warns on sentencing of former Madagascar president

Madagascar Travel — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:51:09 +0000

The sentencing in absentia of Madagascar’s former president Marc Ravalomanana to hard labour for life will not help resolve problems in Madagascar, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Thursday.

Madagascar: Former President Sentenced to Jail With Hard Labour

Madagascar Travel — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:50:47 +0000

A court in the capital, Antanarivo, has sentenced former president Marc Ravalomanana and two officers to life imprisonment with hard labour for the part they played in the deaths of about 30 protesters before he was forced from office in 2009.

Life sentence for Madagascar ex-leader ‘may prolong crisis’

Madagascar Travel — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:06:16 +0000

The sentencing of Madagascar’s former president Marc Ravalomanana to hard labour for life may prove to be one more obstacle in the island’s attempts to emerge from its current political crisis.

Court rules Madagascar’s ex-president guilty in protesters’ deaths

Madagascar Travel — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:33:36 +0000

A court has convicted Madagascar’s ousted president of conspiracy to commit murder in a case related to the turmoil of the coup that toppled him.

The period for Famadihana

Madagascar Travel — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 21:05:11 +0000

The central highlands’ inhabitants are famed for their tradition called Famadihana.

Madagascar: The Undercover Investigations That Exposed Rosewood Trafficking from the Rain Forest

Madagascar Travel — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:35:04 +0000

This post is part of the Technology for Transparency Network where we research technology that promotes accountability and transparency worldwide. One of the consequences of the enduring political crisis in Madagascar is its punishing impact on the environment, especially on the rain forest that is being pillaged because of a lucrative illegal rosewood. The combined work of activists and organizations specialized in conservation and protection, and investigative work in environmental crimes and exposing corruption in natural resource exploitation and trade was instrumental in documenting these environmental crimes.

Invasion of self-cloning crayfish alarms Madagascar – Feature

Madagascar Travel — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 07:20:45 +0000

Antananarivo, Madagascar – Alarm is mounting on the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar over an invasion of voracious self-cloning crayfish, which are gobbling their way through rice paddies and threatening endemic crayfish species.

A Madagascan journey in a rail car on tyres

Madagascar Travel — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:08:15 +0000

Antananarivo, Madagascar – The group of Madagascans, Frenchmen and Germans stood expectantly on the railway platform in Madagascar’s capital Antananarivo.