MADAGASCAR

Police clash with French islanders fearing coronavirus among tourists

Troops at home of Togo opposition candidate as presidential polls close

NASA and the USGS's Landsat 8 satellite captured an image of the deadly flooding in Madagascar. The satellite image shows swollen rivers pouring out of their banks.

One of the deadliest diseases to strike the world during the medieval period is what is called by historians as Black Death. Spreading throughout Europe almost 700 years ago, the deadly disease killed an estimated 30% to 60% of the population in Europe. While the disease appeared to have been de-fanged by advances in modern medicine, it remains very much alive in certain parts of the world today.

Record 45 mn people need urgent food aid in southern Africa : UN

NASA and the NOAA reported that 2019 was the second hottest year since 1880. For many countries, 2019 ranked among the top three hottest years on national records.

According to a study, the average British person emits more carbon dioxide in two weeks compared to a citizen of any one of seven African Nations in an entire year. Are people willing to change?

Search teams on Tuesday rescued a man from the waters of the Indian Ocean after he jumped from a cruise ship and remained floating for almost an hour.

It is struggling to build an economic model that encourages enduring growth, addresses poverty and provides a future for its youth.

Thai rice farmers shun 'big agribusiness' and fight climate change

In nations rich and poor, climate-related disasters on the uptick

A hunter in China has been confirmed to have contracted the bubonic plague after consuming a wild rabbit.

A Russian-sponsored disinformation campaign in Africa targeted users of Facebook but also those on Instagram, Twitter and other platforms, researchers said

The networks targeted a number of African countries and were tied to the Russian oligarch indicted for 2016 U.S. presidential election meddling.

Facebook said a disinformation campaign targeting African countries was linked to an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin

The lemur was safely returned to the zoo later.

Russia has also exerted soft power in the CAR. Kremlin funding resurrected the Miss Central African Republic beauty pageant after a three-year break

Aluminium giant Rusal has decided to reopen an aluminium refinery in Guinea closed since 2012

Some 6,400 teams from more than 80 countries entered the competition, according to organisers of the 'K-pop World Festival' in Changwon

Private American space firm Bigelow Aerospace was warned by the U.S. Air Force about a possible collision between Genesis II experimental space habitat and a defunct satellite from Russia. The potential collision prompted the company to issue a statement about the danger posed by the worsening condition of debris in space.

Hundreds of thousands of people on Sunday gathered on the outskirts of the Madagascan capital Antananarivo to hear Pope Francis say mass and deliver a homily condemning "privilege and exclusion" on the second leg of his three-nation African tour.Many people wore pope-emblazoned white and yellow caps -- the colours of the Vatican, and cheered as the pope-mobile made its way through wind-swept clouds of red dust at the sprawling site near Soamandrakizay.