UNHCR welcomes a recent amendment to the nationality law in Madagascar, which gives men and women equal rights to pass on nationality to children. The new law also helps spouses and children to retain ...

Antananarivo, Madagascar — A nascent Jewish community was officially born in Madagascar last month when 121 men, women and children underwent Orthodox conversions on the remote Indian Ocean island ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. ANTALAHA, 12 October 2011 (IRIN) - Daniel Soadava and Samoela Razafindramboho are known as "the ...

Turns out pregnant women aren't the only ones who eat dirt. A new study reveals a surprising incidence of pica—craving and consuming nonfood substances—among men. Conducted in Madagascar, where pica ...

Some of the Malagasy Jews by choice see the practice of Judaism as a return to their roots and an overthrowing of the last vestiges of colonialism. A nascent Jewish community was officially born in ...

On the remote Indian Ocean island nation better known for lemurs, dense rain forests and vanilla, 121 adults and children recently underwent Orthodox conversions. ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (JTA) — A ...