Madagascar has been on the portapotty of a country listing for as long as I can remember. Other than the funny cartoon movies, the Lemurs, and the hissing cockroaches--it's got nada going for it except poverty. Kinda difficult to make budget on those sorts of national resources. 
I check the following site frequently for travel advisories which give clues to what's occurring in the world which may not have made the MSMs news cycle.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_p...w/tw_1764.html
Here's the latest on Madagascar.
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_p...w/tw_4439.html
Richard's $.02 
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