A boat accident off the coast of northeastern Madagascar on Monday killed at least 83 people, the country’s maritime agency said on Wednesday.

Opinion: Madagascar has too many people, and its dwindling lemur population is proof. A young sifaka lemur enjoys a an evening meal of leaves in Berenty Reserve, southern Madagascar.

A boat accident off the coast of northeastern Madagascar killed at least 19 people, and searches were under way to locate 66 passengers who remained unaccounted for, the country's maritime agency ...