Madagascar

A 17-month state of emergency linked to Covid-19 ended as virus cases dropped to a minimum

Leaders of the international office of the German bishops, 'misereor', have joined the appeal to support the 400.000 people at risk of starvation in the country

PM Christian Ntsay has presented the new government; with 10 reconfirmed and 22 new appointments in key positions, and 11 women out of 33 ministers, it has been welcomed by press and public opinion

Blackearth - a mining company - has completed the Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) stage of its Maniry project and has gained port access to export graphite concentrate; it still hasn’t disclosed its plans of community engagement or forms of social impact

Several people, both Malagasy and of other nationalities, have been arrested on charges of plotting against Head of State Andry Rajoelina

Anthropologists studying the country's endangered lemurs are working with local communities for the breeding of alternative protein sources, as families hunt at least one lemur per year for food

The women's national rugby team recorded their first international victory by beating Kenya

The UN World Food Program (WFP) has warned how 1.14 million inhabitants are being forced to the brink of starvation by climate change, while people are reportedly eating cactus leaves as a source of food and water

The World Food Programme will distribute more than 800 tons of food funded by the African Development Bank to the population of the South of the country

There may be more coelacanths - also named "living fossil" fish - off the country's coast than previously believed

Unknown species of turtle found in a geological formation by international team of researchers; this turtle has both a shell and a skull, while most others from its era have one or the other