Africa Madagascar 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
Africa Madagascar The country received $8,8 million for carbon credits from reducing 1,76 million tons of carbon emissions in 2020, becoming the third country in Africa to be paid by the WB for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
Africa Madagascar The scale of the heat wave that hit Madagascar in October, the worst the island has seen in 40 years, is a consequence of climate change caused by human activity according to a report by the World Weather Attribution
Africa Madagascar Out of fears over the vote exacerbating popular anger in a difficult socio-economic situation, the President of the National Assembly, i.e. the Parliament, called for the suspension of the electoral process less than a week before the elections
Africa Madagascar Preparations for the first round of the presidential elections, scheduled for 16 November, are proceeding; 9 million ballots, or 84% of the ballot papers, have already been distributed