[African Arguments] The world's first famine caused by climate change rather than conflict continues amid insufficient domestic and global attention.

[UNFPA] GRAND SUD, Madagascar - "I want to be a health worker when I grow up," said 8-year-old Satiana Hary* shyly, twisting the edges of her knee-length gown. "Because I want to be able to treat myself if I fall sick."

[UNFPA] "It wasn't until I stood alongside my classmates in the delivery room, encouraging an anxious mother-to-be as she gave birth to a little baby boy, that I realised just how valuable this work can be."

[RFI] Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina declared a national day of mourning Thursday to commemorate 85 people killed in a shipwreck off the country's coast on Monday.

[DW] The Malagasy secretary of state for police was traveling to the site of a shipwreck along with three police officers. The cause of the crash is not yet clear, said police.

[RFI] A Madagascar court has convicted six people, including two French citizens, to up to 20 years in prison for plotting to assassinate President Andry Rajoelina this summer.