LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron on Sunday ruled out committing ground troops in Libya, saying it was important to adhere to a U.N. mandate and not to take action that could alienate the Arab world.
Conservationists say a 'Tortoise Mafia' is driving Madagascar's tortoises to extinction. Armed gangs of up to 100 have been sweeping the countryside for their slow-moving prey.
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar urged an airline expected to carry exiled leader Marc Ravalomanana back to the Indian Ocean island on Saturday to block his departure for security reasons, a senior civil aviation source said on Friday.
20110202 Xinhua ANTANANARIVO, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 1,000 people in Madagascar's southern town of Tulear have been affected by the heavy rains pounding the area for two weeks, according to the National Bureau for Disaster Management (BNGRC).
The American embassy in Paris reported to Washington three months after Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana was deposed in 2009 that he was recruiting mercenaries in France, according to a diplomatic cable published by WikiLeaks.
Madagascar's government launched a fresh effort to resolve an 18-month political crisis that has brought the Indian Ocean island international isolation.
The former and exiled president of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana has been sentenced for life in absentia for the February 2009 murders of at least 30 people by his presidential guards. Ravalomanana has been living in South Africa since March 2009.
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - A Madagascar court sentenced deposed leader Marc Ravalomanana in absentia on Saturday to forced labour for the deaths of dozens of protesters during a march on the presidential palace last year.
NTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madgascar's President Andry Rajoelina signed a deal late on Friday with dozens of minor parties aimed at ending a protracted political crisis, but the pact was rejected by the country's main opposition leaders.
