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Madagascar

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Sapphire Mining in Madagascar

A few years after a large deposit of sapphire was found in the south of Madagascar, some minor ones have been discovered in the north near the town...

by Frank Janssens in Madagascar on 20/10/2010

Our World

Traditional Brick Factory in Madagascar

While a lot of houses in Madagascar are built from wood or clay, many of them are being constructed with traditionaly made bricks. Antananarivo,...

by Frank Janssens in Madagascar on 05/10/2010

Antalaha rosewood stockpile. Madagascar. 22/02/2005.

Environment

Illegal logging of rosewood in Madagascar

Images of the illegal logging of rosewood which has been taking place in Madagascar's national parks for years but which has increased...

by Erik_R_Patel in Madagascar on 20/05/2010

20/10/2010 - Sapphire Mining in Madagascar - Madagascar - A few years after a large deposit of...
05/10/2010 - Traditional Brick Factory in Madagascar - Madagascar - While a lot of houses in Madagascar are...
20/05/2010 - Illegal logging of rosewood in Madagascar - Madagascar - Images of the illegal logging of...
27/11/2009 - Rosewood logging in Marojejy National Park, Madagascar - Madagascar - Rosewood Logging activities within...
28/03/2009 - Protesters injured in Madagascar - Madagascar - Supporters of the ousted President Marc...
28/03/2009 - An ambulance taking injured people during a pro-Ravalomanana rally - Madagascar - An ambulance taking injured people...
28/03/2009 - Citizens trying to take pictures during a anti-coup protest in Madagascar - Madagascar - People going up on a monument at...
28/03/2009 - A anti-coup demonstration at the Place of Democracy in Antananarivo - Madagascar - A anti-coup demonstration at the Place...

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Traditional Brick Factory in Madagascar
While a lot of houses in Madagascar are built from wood or clay, many of them are being constructed with traditionaly made bricks. Antananarivo, Madagascar. 05/10/2010
Sapphire Mining in Madagascar
A few years after a large deposit of sapphire was found in the south of Madagascar, some minor ones have been discovered in the north near the town of Antsiranana. 20/10/2010
Illegal logging of rosewood in Madagascar
Images of the illegal logging of rosewood which has been taking place in Madagascar's national parks for years but which has increased significantly in the last year, partly due to...
Rosewood logging in Marojejy National Park, Madagascar
Rosewood Logging activities within Marojejy National Park, November 2009. Since a military coup in 2009 Madagascar's Parks have been pillaged for precious woods such as rosewood an...
Madagascar by mountain bike
From Tomasina to Nosy Be island, through the East coast of Madagascar, between jungle and unknown land, the vanila coast is a real hidden paradise. These pictures show a challenge by M...
Protesters trying to look at their injured peers in the ambulance during their confrontation with security forces
Protesters trying to look at their injured peers in the ambulance during their confrontation with security forces in a anti-coup demonstration in Madagscar.
An ambulance taking injured people and tear-gas at the background in a legalists' protest in Madagascar
An ambulance taking injured people in the middle of hundreds of legalist protesters during a pro-Ravalomanana rally at Ambohijatovo/Andohan'Analakely after security forces opened f...
An ambulance taking injured people during a pro-Ravalomanana rally
An ambulance taking injured people during a pro-Ravalomanana rally at Ambohijatovo/Andohan'Analakely after security forces opened fire and used tear-gas.
Citizens trying to take pictures during a anti-coup protest in Madagascar
People going up on a monument at Ambohijatovo to be able to take pictures of the protesters going down to the "Mai 13" Square.
A anti-coup demonstration at the Place of Democracy in Antananarivo
A anti-coup demonstration at the Place of Democracy in Antananarivo
Marc Ravalomanana's supporters at Ambohijatovo. Antananarivo
There were an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 supporters of the former President of Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana during a rally against the "coup d'état" at the "Place of...
Protesters injured in Madagascar
Supporters of the ousted President Marc Ravalomanana rallied in the capital city Antananarivo for the sixth day on March 28, 2009 calling for the removal of new leader Andry Rajoelina....
Reburial in Highland Madagascar
Famadihana(reburial) is a funerary tradition of the Malagasy people in Madagascar. Known as the turning of the bones, people bring forth the bodies of their ancestors from the family cr...
A smile in the sky
Madagascar, Antananarivo, 12/02/2009