Madagascar's 'angel makers' flourish in ban on abortion

Pope Francis is set to visit Madagascar where pro-abortion groups are urging him to take a new stance on the practice which is illegal there.

Volatiana keeps her secret behind a flimsy wooden gate, tucked along a red brick wall at the back of her vegetable garden in Madagascar's Antananarivo.

"There are around eight foetuses buried here," said the Malagasy mother of six, standing on a narrow patch of land hidden behind a corrugated metal sheet.