Madagascar
Cyclone Freddy smashes records, becomes Earth’s most energetic storm
Cyclone Freddy has repeatedly caused havoc since it formed off Australia more than a month ago.
- by Matthew Cappucci
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Really tiny chameleon a contender for title of smallest reptile
Scientists from Madagascar and Germany say, despite its size, the genitals of the new specimen were almost one-fifth of its body length, possibly to allow it to mate with the larger female.
Cash and a cult leader: How Russia meddles abroad
Madagascar has little obvious strategic value for the Kremlin or the global balance of power. But Russians were there offering bribes, spreading disinformation and recruiting an apocalyptic cult leader.
- by Michael Schwirtz and Gaelle Borgia
'Unprecedented': African countries boycott South Africa over xenophobia claims
Attacks on foreigners have become common in South Africa. Now pop stars, businesses and sporting bodies from neighbouring countries have had enough.
- by Julie Turkewitz
More than 900 dead in Madagascar measles epidemic
Most of those who died were children, according to the World Health Organisation.
Extinct bones may have solved mystery of human arrival on Madagascar
Under quarantine in a laboratory at the Australian National University lies a graveyard of extinct animals.
- by Sherryn Groch
In an African island nation, a flavour worth killing for
The lush mountains in Madagascar's north-east produce about 80 per cent of the world's vanilla - and right now it is worth more per kilogram than silver.
- by Finbarr O'Reilly
Madagascar's Ranomafana National Park: Lemur-spotting tour
Our first lemur sighting is of a koala-like bundle high up in branches above our heads.
- by Daniel Scott
Madagascar's Kirindy Forest Reserve delivers David Attenborough moments
Rare wildlife thrives in a nature reserve that is attracting tourists to a country badly affected by deforestation.
- by Daniel Scott
Madagascar adventure tour: A four-day paddling trip down the Manonbolo River, Madagascar
The signs are good as the canoe trip begins near the ramshackle village of Ankavandra.
- by Daniel Scott
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