[Daily Trust] The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has welcomed the Republic of Madagascar as the 33rd member state after it signed the protocol establishing the court.

[africancourt] Arusha -- "This is an excellent development and we exhort Madagascar to also make the Special Declaration under the Article 34(6) to allow individuals and NGOs to access the Court directly," remarked the President of the African Court ...

[Seychelles News Agency] The Red Cross Society of Seychelles is urging everyone in Seychelles to donate non-perishable food items to help the people of Madagascar overcome the devastating effects of five recent natural disasters related to flooding a...

[The New Humanitarian] Ambovombe -- Southern Madagascar has been hammered by two years of drought that has left 1.5 million people - half the region's population - facing extreme hunger.