Madagascar’s capital launches cable cars to ease traffic, Pirates of the Caribbean actor killed in shark attack, Julian Assange freed in US plea deal, and South Africa’s coalition government hits hurdle.
A diplomatic stand-off between Malagasy and South African government authorities means that SA aircrafts are banned from landing in Madagascar, and it may all be owing to a fortune of smuggled gold bars…
Most countries are named after a directional description, a feature of the land, a tribe name, or a person. In Africa, that’s not always the case.
We’re not saying the surf road trip you did with your tjommies wasn’t lekker but these guys went off the beaten track and came back with one hell of a story.
A study conducted by a geologist from University of Oslo, Bjørn Jamtveit, and his colleagues suggests that a micro continent may lie between Madagascar and India. The evidence of the long lost land comes from sand extracted from the Mauritian coast. The sand collected from the two sites of the coast showed about 20 zircons – crystals […]
Yesterday morning, actor Martin Short appeared on The Today Show in the US. The ex-Saturday Night Live performer was there to promote “Madagascar 3”, in which he voices the part of Stefano. Watch below as show host Kathie Lee Gifford keeps asking him about his wife and their relationship. The wife in question died two years ago. Awkward.