Madagascar News » Mahajanga News Madagascar » Mahajanga: Madagascar, where child prostitution is common, cheap and ‘trivial’
MAHAJANGA, Madagascar — At nightfall, the girls gather in small groups along the waterfront and outside the sweaty nightclubs blaring West African pop music. Some are elaborately done up in makeup and ...
News Madagascar » Mahajanga: A rare assemblage of sharks and rays from nearshore environments of Eocene Madagascar
Eocene-aged sediments of Madagascar contain a previously unknown fauna of sharks and rays, according to a new study. This newly described fauna is the first report of sharks and rays of this age in ...
News Madagascar » Mahajanga: Madagascar's Karana people still awaiting nationality
MAHAJANGA, Madagascar – Since he was 15, Ibrahim Ickbal, a 50-year-old father of two, has worked in the same jewellery shop in the city of Mahajanga, on Madagascar’s northern coast. Although he barely ...
News Madagascar » Mahajanga: AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - Coadjutor Bishop of Mahajanga appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on April 18, 2008, appointed Fr. Roger Víctor Rakotondrajao, of the clergy of the Diocese of Miarinarivo, Coadjutor Bishop of Mahajanga ...
News Madagascar » Mahajanga: Changes to Madagascar’s trawling sector raise questions and hopes
Madagascar’s auction for nearshore trawling rights has elicited concern from civil society members, who say it was not conducted transparently and opens the door for environmental mismanagement. Two ...
News Madagascar » Mahajanga: Madagascar: United States (U.S.) Launches Security Capabilities Assessment in Mahajanga
An USAFRICOM J54 team joined the U.S. Embassy in Madagascar to launch a comprehensive Capabilities-Based Assessment (CBA) in Mahajanga, establishing the foundation for continued security assistance ...
News Madagascar » Mahajanga: University of Mahajanga (UMGA)
The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The ...
News Madagascar » Mahajanga: Ethnic clashes rock Madagascar
Six people have been killed in a fresh outbreak of ethnic violence in Madagascar as the political confrontation continues between the two men who claim to be president. Many others were injured during ...
News Madagascar » Mahajanga: Ethnic strife rocks Madagascar
She comes from the interior of the island but lives on the coast, where people have a more African look - and have curly hair. "Here in Mahajanga some people are now pursuing the highlanders and as we ...
News Madagascar » Mahajanga: A rare assemblage of sharks and rays from nearshore environments of Eocene Madagascar
Eocene-aged sediments of Madagascar contain a previously unknown fauna of sharks and rays, according to a study released February 27, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Karen Samonds of ...