"Uncontrolled locust plague" hitting Madagascar
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- In Madagascar, "a largely uncontrolled locust plague" is in development, which by September is expected to infest two-thirds of the large island. If not checked, the locusts will finish off the entire crops of more than half of the population.
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"New continent" found beneath Mauritius, R?union
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- "Mauritia" is the name scientists have given the newly discovered micro-continent in the Indian Ocean, which detached about 60 million years ago while Madagascar and India drifted apart. A thick layer of lava so far has kept it secret.
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Africa prepares for carnival season
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- Africa's many carnivals are not the most internationally known, but Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique carnivals have long traditions. Newcomer Seychelles this year offers a tourism-adapted carnival.
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Madagascar
Madagascar illegal logging continues
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- Since Madagascar's 2009 coup, illegal logging of precious rosewood in the island's protected forests has exploded. A promise by coup President Andry Rajoelina to act to stop this logging has not been held, environmentalists say.
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Seychelles rescues piracy hostages
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Mauritius budget to secure nation's wealth
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Madagascar coup failing
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Coup attempt ongoing in Madagascar
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Madagascar referendum deemed illegal
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Comoros presidential poll results published
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Seychelles to organise "prestigious" carnival
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Seychelles, from recession to new boom
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Mauritius breeders hit back at UK campaign
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BUAV answers to Mauritius campaign reporting
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R?union Island sees strong tourism recovery
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Coral deaths reach Mayotte, Comoros
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Indian Ocean tourism cooperation limping
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Tortoise poaching boosted by Malagasy chaos
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Piracy forces Comoros into French military coop
Feature articles, Indian Ocean
Seychelles
Curiosities of Curieuse Island, Seychelles
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- With Curieuse, one of the most popular day-trip destinations in Seychelles and the archipelago's fifth largest granitic island, the name really says it all. Noisily love-making tortoises, remnants of a leper colony and 2004 tsunami damages are among the curiosities on the uninhabited island.
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Seychelles
Seychelles' silent 2nd revolution
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- The small island nation of Seychelles found itself in a deep crisis in 2008, which had its roots in the 1979 socialist revolution. A new economic "revolution" in 2008 however is reinventing the nation's economy, turning old truths upside-down and removing the disputed legacy of ex-Dictator France Albert Ren?.
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