Most people there make a living tending to vanilla beans but also to crops such as rice, bananas and coffee on small plots of ...

Madagascar is an island that’s no stranger to natural disasters, in particular cyclones. This is because it’s located in the south-west Indian Ocean cyclone basin, a region of the Indian Ocean where ...

Modern ideas and ancient traditions in the fishing communities of Madagascar ...

Respecting taboos here in Madagascar is a must, no matter how bizarre they may be. To ignore a taboo is to risk being blamed ...

You may have noticed that the price of vanilla has skyrocketed in the past 10 years, which has been a boon for vanilla ...

Congo-Brazzaville and Madagascar are combining efforts to protect their primary forests, which support rich ecosystems and ...

NASA satellites spotted five tropical cyclones churning in the Indian and Pacific Oceans late this month, revealing different ...

To the Westerner, many beliefs of the Malagasy, the people of Madagascar, boggle the mind. For starters, the Malagasy believe their ancestors live on in the afterworld, communicating with the ...

High in the mountains of Madagascar, just east of the capital Antananarivo, Lake Mantasoa has emerged as an unlikely source of this opulent ingredient. “Every expert was saying it was impossible ...