[AIM] Maputo -- A tropical cyclone, named Jobo, has formed north of Madagascar, and its current course will take it across the northern part of the Mozambique Channel.

[The Conversation Africa] Didier Ratsiraka, who was Madagascar's president twice for a combined period of 21 years, has died at the age of 84.

[The Conversation Africa] Madagascar has many "mini" creatures. These include a recently discovered group of miniaturised frogs as well as the discovery earlier this year of the smallest reptile on earth - the Brookesia nana, or nano-chameleon, which...

[IMF] Washington, DC: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved today a 40-month arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) equivalent to SDR219.96 million (about US$312.4 million or 90 percent of quota) for Mada...