Madagascarโs incumbent President Rajoelina takes early lead in vote marked by boycott, low turnout
Madagascarโs incumbent President Andry Rajoelina has taken a commanding lead in the island nationโs presidential election, which is being boycotted by the majority of candidates and is marked by low turnout.
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Tiny chameleon a contender for title of smallest reptile
Picture taken in 2012 in Munich, Germany shows a newly discovered species of chameleon which is a contender for the title of world's smallest reptile. Scientists from Madagascar and Germany called it Brookesia nana, said the male appeared is just 13.5 millimeters big. Scientists from Madagascar and Germany say a newly discovered species of chameleon is a contender for the title of world's smallest reptile. They found that the genitals of the Brookesia nana specimen were almost one=fifth of its body size, possibly to allow it to mate with the larger female. "If we had a pair mating it would obviously be better proof.โConfirming Brookesia nana as the smallest reptile species will require finding more of them, which might take several years, he said.
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In southern Madagascar, 'nothing to feed our children'
Children shelter from the sun in Ankilimarovahatsy, Madagascar, a village in the far south of the island where most children are acutely malnourished, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020. โWe, the parents, have nothing to feed our children aside from tamarind and the cactus that we find around us,โ she said. Mothers are now trying to feed their children with unripe mangoes, and with tamarind mixed with clay. One mother, Toharano, said four of her 14 children died in June and July. โThe children wake in the night, hungry.โThe names of the dead are kept in a notebook held by the village leader, Refanampy.
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Scientists find Madagascar chameleon last seen 100 years ago
Scientists say they have found an elusive chameleon species that was last spotted in Madagascar 100 years ago. Researchers from Madagascar and Germany said that they discovered several living specimens of Voeltzkow's chameleon during an expedition to the northwest of the African island nation. Scientists say they have found an elusive chameleon species that was last spotted in Madagascar 100 years ago. Researchers from Madagascar and Germany said Friday that they discovered several living specimens of Voeltzkowโs chameleon during an expedition to the northwest of the African island nation. The scientists say that the Voeltzkowโs chameleon's habitat is under threat from deforestation.
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Paris protesters cloak colonial-era statue with black cloth
French military commander Joseph Gallieni statue is covered with a black cloth during an action held by anticolonial activists, in Paris, Thursday, June 18, 2020. Gallieni began a colonial career at the end of the 19th century and later played an important role during First World War as a military governor of Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)PARIS French anti-racism activists draped a black cloth over the statue of a colonial commander in central Paris on Thursday, prompting three arrests and brief tension with police. The monument includes a statue of Gallieni standing on a pedestal held up by carvings of a half-nude African woman, an Asian figure and a woman from Madagascar. Signs to a Paris metro station in his name were briefly covered up Wednesday with a replacement name by anti-colonial activists.