A grenade explosion rips through a Madagascar bus stop, killing a toddler and wounding 37, just hours after the island's newly elected president took the oath. CLEAN : Madagascar grenade blast mars power handov on January 26, 2014 in...

The Madagascan electoral commission has released provisional results from the nation's recent parliamentary elections CLEAN : Madagascar Provisional election results on January 10, 2014 in Antananarivo, Madagascar (Footage by AFPTV via...

Hery Rajaonarimampianina, a former finance minister backed by strongman Andry Rajoelina, was Friday declared president of Madagascar following elections to restore democracy on the island nation CLEAN : Rajaonarimampianina elected...

Madagascar leader Andry Rajoelina stood down Friday, symbolically handing over power ahead of his elected successor's inauguration, a move designed to steer the Indian Ocean island out of crisis. CLEAN : Madagascar strongman steps down,...

Madagascans return to polling stations on Friday to choose a new president in a run-off vote aimed at ending a political and economic crisis sparked by a coup four years ago CLEAN : Madagascar to vote in run off on December 19, 2013 in...

Voting in Madagascars presidential run-off came to a close Friday, with observers hailing an atmosphere of calm during an election aimed at restoring democracy and pulling the island from crisis CLEAN : Madagascar votes for new leader,...

Madagascans voted Friday in a presidential run off aimed at pulling the Indian Ocean island out of the political and economic doldrums and restoring democracy Madagascar votes for new leader hoping to end crisis on December 20, 2013 in...

The remains of a British student who apparently jumped from a plane in Madagascar after opening the aircraft door in mid air are transferred to a hospital of the capital Antananarivo (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Observers certified Madagascars run off presidential polls as free credible and democratic on Sunday, urging bickering candidates to stay calm as counting continued after the vote to restore democracy CLEAN : Madagascar polls free and...

The two finalists of the presidential election in Madagascar, Jean Louis Robinson and Hery Rajaonarimampianina, held their last rallies Wednesday in Antananarivo, were thousands of supporters gathered two days before the second round...

Pope Francis insisted on Sunday that poverty wasn't inevitable and that the poor deserved the dignity of work as he visited a rock quarry in Madagascar where hundreds of people toil rather than scavenge in the capital's biggest dump.

Pope Francis joined 100,000 young people from Madagascar for an evening vigil on Saturday as part of his tour of the East African Island.

Pope Francis celebrated an open-air Mass before an estimated 1 million people on Sunday in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Pope Francis arrives at the airport in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo for the second leg of his three nation African tour (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Catholics in Antananarivo react with joy to the visit of Pope Francis to their city (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Madagascar's electoral commission announces the final results of the country's contested presidential election on Friday morning with Hery Rajaonarimampianina tipped to maintain his lead CLEAN : Madagascar file images of Hery Rajaonarima...

An outbreak of plague even more vicious than the bubonic strain dubbed the black death has killed 39 people in Madagascar, the government said Thursday. CLEAN : WHO tackles plague outbreak in Madagascar on December 13, 2013 in...

A Madagascar police commander comments on the case of the British student who reportedly jumped to her death from a plane after a research project did not yield the results she was hoping for (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Madagascans vote for a new president and parliament in elections aimed at pulling the island out of the political and economic doldrums and restoring democracy CLEAN : Madagascar seeks end to crisis in vote for on December 20, 2013 in...

Madagascans vote for a new president and parliament in elections aimed at pulling the island out of the political and economic doldrums and restoring democracy CLEAN : Madagascar seeks end to crisis in vote for on December 20, 2013 in...

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Pope Francis pressed for the poor to have the dignity of work with a visit Sunday to a hilltop rock quarry in Madagascar, where hundreds of people toil rather than scavenge in the biggest dump of the Indian Ocean nation's capital.