Rio Tinto’s Madagascar mine may face lawsuit over pollution claims
Mining company hit with accusation it contaminated waterways with harmful levels of uranium and lead Rio Tinto is facing a likely lawsuit in an English...
Category : Madagascar
Madagascar’s Andry Rajoelina re-elected after boycotted presidential poll
Ten of the dozen other candidates had refused to campaign and called on voters to shun the ballot The president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has...
Madagascan heatwave ‘virtually impossible’ without human-caused global heating
Study finds impact of heat on millions of people went unrecorded, highlighting limitations many African countries face A record-breaking heatwave in Madagascar in October would...
Madagascar: 12 killed in crush at Indian Ocean Island Games opening ceremony
A further 80 people injured trying to enter stadium, with 11 in critical condition Twelve people have died and about 80 have been injured in...
Weather tracker: Cyclone Freddy leaves trail of devastation
Hundreds killed in Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi in what may be longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record Cyclone Freddy, which developed over the Indian Ocean more...
Weather tracker: record-breaking heat in Australia
Australia swelters while in Brazil there have been record downpours Southern Australia has recorded significant heat over the past week with maximum temperatures widely reaching...
Weather tracker: Madagascar braces for Cyclone Freddy
Storm has been upgraded to Very Intense Tropical Cyclone with severe risk of deadly landslides Cyclone Freddy, upgraded to a Very Intense Tropical Cyclone on...
Weather tracker: Cheneso restrengthens to bring flooding to Madagascar
Tropical storm upgraded to cyclone status, hitting Indian Ocean island with 75mph winds and intense rainfall Madagascar continued to be hit by intense rainfall this...
Tropical Cyclone Gombe hits countries in south-east Africa
Damaging winds and torrential rainfall strike Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi Tropical Cyclone Gombe affected parts of Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi last week, bringing damaging winds...
Is a Madagascan mine the first to offset its destruction of rainforest?
Researchers say the island’s biggest mine is on track to achieve no net loss of forest but that ‘there remain important caveats’ Ambatovy mine on...
