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Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
Madagascar supporters of President Marc Ravalomanana who was overthrown by the opposition and the military. The African Union has condemned the actions of the opposition and the military as a "coup." Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Madagascar postpones government formation Xinhua ANTANANARIVO. The appointment of the Madagascan national unity government was postponed...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The appointment of Madagascan national unity government was postponed indefinitely despite the schedule released on Saturday. The four Madagascan political camps, respectively led by current president Andry Rajoelina, and former presidents Marc Ravalomanana, Didier Ratsiraka and Albert Zafy, could not reach agreement to appoint ministers of justice, basic education, mines and hydrocarbons. The disagreement...
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Geostrategy (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
17 November 2009The Security Council today welcomed the power-sharing agreement reached by Madagascar’s current and former leaders, and urged the political forces to end months of internal strife with the establishment of a new Government.The four past and present leaders – Andry Rajoelina, Marc Ravalomanana, Didier Ratsiraka and Albert Zafy – of the Indian Ocean nation struck the...
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Monkeys In The News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The lemur, a furry primate that symbolises Madagascar's unique biodiversity, is under renewed threat from a ''timber mafia'' pillaging the island's forests for profit. Environmentalists warn that a political crisis in the impoverished country is reversing conservation gains of recent years and putting hundreds if not thousands of species, many not yet identified, at risk of extinction. Madagascar,...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
The UN Security Council Tuesday welcomed the power-sharing agreement reached by Madagascar's current and former leaders, and urged the political forces to end months of internal strife by establishing a new government. The four present and past leaders -- Andry Nirina Rajoelina, Marc Ravalomanana, Didier Ratsiraka and Albert Zafy -- of the Indian Ocean nation struck the deal following talks in Addis...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 14/11/2009
The new Madagascan transitional prime minister officially took office on Friday in the Madagascan capital of Antananarivo during a handover ceremony. Eugene Regis Mangalaza, 59, was appointed by representatives of four political camps, each led by current president Andry Rajoelina, and former presidents Marc Ravalomanana, Didier Ratsiraka and Albert Zafy on October 6 in Antananarivo, as transitional...
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JURIST (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
[JURIST] The current and former leaders of Madagascar reached a transitional power-sharing agreement on Saturday. According to the agreement, President Andry Rajoelina will now share power with representatives of the parties of ousted president Marc Ravalomanana and former president Albert Zafy. The agreement came out of meetings in Addis Abeba and is to be in accord with the Maputo agreements reached...
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Global Security (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Madagascar's former president Marc Ravalomanana, who was ousted in a coup earlier this year, is promising to cooperate in a transitional government with the young leader who replaced him. Madagascar's political chiefs reached a power sharing deal minutes before a deadline that would have cost the country nearly a billion dollars in aid money.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Talks to end months of the political turmoil in Madagascar ended here on early Saturday with leaders of the major four political parties agreeing to settle the power share-out ahead of presidential elections in late 2010. The four leaders agreed on the makeup of a transitional unity government, said a communiqué issued after the talks. Andry Rajoelina, who overthrew former leader Marc Ravalomanana...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Nairobi/Addis Ababa - Madagascar's squabbling leaders on Saturday signed an agreement to form a power-sharing government after months of wrangling. Current President Andry Rajoelina and former president Marc Ravalomanana were among four leaders meeti...
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Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Madagascar's top four political figures -- including ousted President Marc Ravalomanana -- on Saturday signed an agreement on sharing power.
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Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The leaders of Malagasy political parties, including ousted President Marc Ravalomanana and current leader Andry Rajoelina, are meeting in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa to end the 17-month political crisis in their country. The three-day Addis Ababa peace talk is a follow up to the previous two peace talks facilitated by various regional and international bodies in Maputo, [...]
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France24 (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
Former Madagascan president Marc Ravalomana has been living in exile in Johannesburg since he was ousted in a coup in March of this year. He has agreed to attend a summit in Addis Ababa next week to begin fresh talks on a transition government.
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