The unit appealed to security forces in this southern African nation to disobey their superiors and to refuse to shoot at demonstrators, who have rallied in the streets for more than two weeks. By ...

Madagascar’s cliffs, rolling plateaus, and winding rivers weren’t shaped by a single violent event. Instead, the island’s ...

An elite military unit says it has seized power in Madagascar from President Andry Rajoelina following weeks of youth-led protests in the Indian Ocean island. Standing outside the presidential palace ...

The protests led by a group calling itself “Gen Z Madagascar” began Sept. 25 over electricity and water outages but have snowballed into larger dissatisfaction with the government and the leadership ...

Andry Rajoelina was a young, man-of-the-people mayor when he led popular protests against the Madagascar government 16 years ago. The uprising resulted in a military-backed coup that brought Rajoelina ...

President Andry Rajoelina appears to have left the country after weeks of protests calling for him to resign. By John Eligon and Gaelle Borgia Reporting from Antananarivo, Madagascar Madagascar’s ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — An attempted coup is underway in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, the country’s president said on Sunday, a day after members of an elite army unit were seen ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A colonel in an elite military unit in Madagascar said Tuesday that the armed forces are taking power in the Indian Ocean nation in what appeared to confirm that ...

Madagascar has submitted Luck Razanajaona’s Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story to the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards, as its first ever Oscar entry.

ANTANANARIVO, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina said on Tuesday he had dissolved the national assembly, escalating a standoff with youth-led protesters and the military which ...

Army colonel led push to topple elected president Rajoelina has fled Madagascar, believed to be in Dubai African Union suspends Madagascar with immediate effect Youth protests precipitated crisis on ...