Indian Ocean Island

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka extended school closures for one week because there isn’t enough fuel for teachers and parents to get children to classroom

The UN World Food Program says southern Madagascar is in the throes of back-to-back droughts that are pushing 400,000 people toward starvation

Flash floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains in Sri Lanka have killed at least four people and left seven missing, while more than 5,000 are displaced, officials said Saturday.