Colonel Michael Randrianirina was sworn in as the new leader of Madagascar less than a week after President Andry Rajoelina fled the country. Madagascar’s new head of state is a soldier, not a ...

Twenty inmates have been killed in a shoot-out with police during a prison breakout in Madagascar on Sunday. Madagascar's justice ministry said tens of prisoners attacked guards with rocks and grabbed ...

(LONDON) — Twenty inmates were shot dead Sunday at a prison in Madagascar as authorities tried to stop a riot there. The riot began Sunday afternoon at the prison in Farafagana, a city on the ...

Before last weekend, if you'd have asked about Col Michael Randrianirina on the island of Madagascar, you'd have got a lot of blank looks. In just a few days, however, he has become the most powerful ...

At a community meeting on September 27, a farmer named Raleva asked to see the permits of a gold mining company trying to restart work in his village in southeast Madagascar. He was arrested and held ...

Colonel Michael Randrianirina, once a relatively obscure military officer, is now Madagascar’s most powerful figure. Days after leading his elite CAPSAT unit into the streets of Antananarivo to join ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Twenty inmates have been killed in a shoot-out with police during a prison breakout in ...