In 1942, with World War 2 raging across continents, the island of Madagascar emerged as a pivotal prize in the struggle for control over the Indian Ocean. Governed by the Vichy French, Madagascar’s ...

French President Emmanuel Macron and Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina will meet in Paris on Monday to discuss the future of the long-disputed Scattered Islands - a chain of uninhabited islets in ...

Madagascar has "seized" on the UK's decision to return the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius to restate its claim to the Scattered Islands, said France 24. "In a further complication," said RFI ...

Lowering the national flag is reserved for "heads of state close to France," said a government source. It is not a strict rule but a choice by the Republic's authorities.

French President Emmanuel Macron started a two-day visit to the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar on Wednesday and spoke of the need for his country to find new markets and boost economic cooperation ...

French President Emmanuel Macron has begun a two-day visit to the Indian Ocean island nation of Madagascar and spoke of the need for his country to find new markets and boost economic cooperation ...

Macron said he would work with Madagascar over the agreed return of three skulls that were taken from Madagascar more than 125 years ago and displayed in a Paris museum. One of them is believed to be ...

Residents wave flags at French President Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Joe) ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron started a two-day visit to the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar on Wednesday and spoke of the need for his country to find new markets ...

Macron is due to attend Thursday a summit of the Indian Ocean Commission in Madagascar, a bloc made up of Madagascar, Mauritius, Comoros, Seychelles and Reunion — which is a territory of France.

Residents wave flags at French President Emmanuel Macron upon his arrival in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Wednesday, April 23, 2025.