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Source: The New York Times Deep in Madagascar’s rainforests lives a spider no bigger than a coin, easy to miss and rarely noticed. Yet this tiny creature is responsible for one of nature’s most astonishing feats. It spins vast webs across flowing rivers, stretching threads more than 80 feet from bank to bank. The real…
Military unit make their way to the Presidency to make announcement (AP) A colonel from an elite military unit in Madagascar on Tuesday declared that the armed forces were taking control of the Indian Ocean nation, hours after parliament voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina, who has reportedly fled the country amid a growing military…
ANTANANARIVO: An attempted coup is underway in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, the country’s president said on Sunday, a day after members of an elite army unit joined youth-led protests against the government and called for the president to step down. Madagascar has been shaken by three weeks of the most significant unrest in…
Police patrol the streets during a protest calling for the president to step down in Antananarivo, Madagascar (AP photo) A mutinied army unit in Madagascar announced on Sunday that it had taken control of the country’s military, while president Rajoelina responded by saying that “an attempt to seize power illegally and by force” was underway…
