Tunisian business mission to Antananarivo

CONECT International announced Wednesday the organization of a Tunisian business mission to Antananarivo, Madagascar, from November 2 to 6, 2025, in collaboration with the Groupement des Entreprises de Madagascar (GEM). According to the...

Malaria-Transmitting Mosquito’s Genetic Diversity and Evolution Revealed

There are a variety of methods that have been established to curtail the spread of infectious disease, from isolation or donning of PPE to prevent human-to-human transmission, to culling infected animals to prevent the spread of disease in...

This Treatable Disease Could Kill 2 Million People Over the Next 5 Years

Getty Images Stock image of a woman coughing.NEED TO KNOW Tuberculosis cases could surge in the coming years, with more than 2 million dying from the disease, a new study says The research, published in the journal Plos, modeled the outcome of the...

This Treatable Disease Could Kill 2 Million People Over the Next 5 Years By Cara Lynn Shultz

NEED TO KNOW Tuberculosis cases could surge in the coming years, with more than 2 million dying from the disease, a new study says The research, published in the journal Plos, modeled the outcome of the funding cuts to USAID and predicted a spike...

How drought is pushing more people into hunger in southern Madagascar

Zebu cart owners fetch water in the river Linta and sell it to their neighbours. Photo: WFP/Vital Batubilema In Ejeda, a village in the Ampanihy district in southern Madagascar, villagers dig holes on the Linta River to find water. It has not...

Two of the deadliest mosquitoes have thrived thanks to their ties to humans

The slave trade shows how, at times, history returns to slap the present in the face. Between the 16th and 19th centuries, some 15 million Africans were torn from their homes in a triangle that linked Africa, European traffickers, and the American...

Star Wars & Star Trek Actors Join Cast of Sci-Fi Movie Slime

Several high-profile actors, including John Boyega, have joined the cast of a new sci-fi movie called Slime. Slime is a new animated movie that will serve as Jeron Braxton’s feature directorial debut. Brian Ash wrote the screenplay and will...

Mental Health in Madagascar: Breaking the Silence

LONDON, United Kingdom — Mental health in Madagascar has long been absent from public discourse, overshadowed by entrenched stigma, endemic poverty and an underfunded health care system. Yet, recent years have shed light both on the extent of the...

Malawi U-17 start COSAFA campaign with convincing win over Madagascar

HARARE-(MaraviPost)-The Malawi Under-17 national football team got off to a flying start at the ongoing CAF U-17 Africa Cup of Nations COSAFA Qualifiers with a 3-1 victory over Madagascar at Ngoni MWOS Stadium in Zimbabwe on Friday. The young...

“Being on Mercy Ships completely transformed me”: One of Three U.S. Catholic Nursing Students on Madagascar Experience

“We hope students leave with a transformed understanding of what health care can be when delivered with compassion and cultural humility, seeing how healing encompasses dignity and hope far beyond clinical procedures alone,” Peterson said. Dike, a...

Catholic nursing students live faith on hospital ship in Madagascar 

CNA Staff, Sep 11, 2025 / 06:00 am Three nursing students from a Catholic liberal arts school in North Carolina spent two weeks on a hospital ship in Madagascar this summer. Emma Harris, who will graduate from Belmont Abbey College in Charlotte in...

21 Plants That Don’t Thrive Indoors

Image Credit: Shutterstock.Bringing the beauty of nature indoors can transform your living space, purify the air, and boost your mood. While many plants adapt beautifully to indoor life, others struggle to flourish away from their natural outdoor...

UM med student recognized with Canadian Medical Hall of Fame award

September 9, 2025 — Akhil Ramdoyal was born in Mauritius, a small island east of Madagascar. In 2003, he and his family immigrated to Canada in search of better opportunities — a journey marked by sacrifice that would eventually lead him to the...

Madagascar welcomes home skulls of Indigenous warriors taken by French colonial troops 128 years ago

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar on Tuesday received three skulls of Indigenous warriors returned from France, including one believed to be of a king killed by French troops 128 years ago. It’s the first use of a 2023 French law...

Silver off to Mauritius

TNM Super League champions Silver Strikers are scheduled to depart for Mauritius today for Sunday’s 2025/26 Confederation of African Football (CAF) CAF Champions League preliminary round first leg against Elgeco Plus of Madagascar. The match will...

2026 World Cup Qualifiers: Madagascar rise in Group I after win over CAR, Li

Equatorial Guinea produced the day’s most dramatic turnaround, rallying from two goals down at half-time to beat São Tomé and Príncipe 3–2, as a busy window of CAF World Cup 2026 qualifiers delivered significant moves in Groups H, I, A and D....

The Health Wrap: comprehensive update on Trump et al, research funding questions – and good news

A multi-million dollar underspend by the Medical Research Future Fund, progress on brain cancer, the health benefits of public art, and the merits of talking while walking are among the topics covered in this edition of The Health Wrap. Dr Lesley...

VectorGrid-Africa: a groundbreaking initiative to combat mosquito-borne diseases in Africa

Africa bears the heavy burden of mosquito-borne diseases, predominantly driven by climate change that accelerates the spread of disease-carrying vectors. In South Africa, a significant malaria outbreak from 1999 to 2000, which rapidly proliferated...

What Caused Botswana’s Public Health Emergency?

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Botswana, a global leader in tackling HIV/AIDS, declares a public health emergency; China reroutes its exports to African nations; and radical left-wing South African politician...

How to get mosquito-born diseases to buzz off: Wits university goes regional

Wits University researchers have partnered in the continent’s first interconnected mosquito observatory network, VectorGrid-Africa, the institution says. The network has launched in Tanzania, Kenya, Mozambique, SA and Madagascar. The €6.1m...