Despite efforts to combat illegal fishing, sharks continue to be targeted for their fins, which are valued at about sh7,000 per kilo on the world mark...

They include Mozambique's Samora Machel, Macedonia's Boris Trajkovski, Rwanda’s Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundi's President Cyprien Ntaryamira.

The law, approved by the Malagasy parliament in early February, sanctions both chemical and surgical castration for individuals convicted of sexually...

High winds ripped down trees and torrents of water gushed through villages after Cyclone Gamane changed course and made landfall in the north.

Efforts are being made in the south of Madagascar to end a traditional but illegal practice in which girls are promised as a wife to older men, someti...