- Vol 54 No 11
- 24th May 2013
Three familiar names pop up again on the list of presidential hopefuls
- Vol 54 No 6
- 15th March 2013
Confusion surrounds when, or even if, elections can be held this year but nobody doubts that the public yearns for an end to the political vacuum
- Vol 53 No 18
- 7th September 2012
A reckless dash to exploit natural resources threatens the environment and wildlife
- Vol 53 No 18
- 7th September 2012
New opportunities for plunder are opening up in minerals, oil and gas as shadowy businesses discover fresh resources. A few big companies have joined the voluntary Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI).
- Vol 53 No 17
- 24th August 2012
On 17 August, the Southern African Development Community failed in its
third attempt to reconcile feuding Presidents Marc Ravalomanana
and Andry Rajoelina. Rajoelina overthrew Ravalomanana in March
2009 and is now Transitional President (AC Vol 53 No...
- Vol 53 No 14
- 6th July 2012
The confusion is far from over. The United Nations proposes that Madagascar hold presidential and parliamentary elections in May or June 2013 but Andry Rajoelina is holding out. The army installed him as national leader after its coup in March 2009 threw ...
- Vol 53 No 14
- 6th July 2012
• Andry Rajoelina, 38, Chairman of the Haute autorité de la transition (HAT), is a former Mayor of Antananarivo and leads the Tanora MalaGasy Vonona (TGV) party.
- Vol 53 No 14
- 6th July 2012
In public, diplomats in Antananarivo talk up the chances of a settlement of the political crisis. In private, though, they confess to doubting the value of the sanctions imposed since the 2009 coup, which have mainly made the crisis worse.
- Vol 53 No 5
- 2nd March 2012
South Africa seeks a global role and is standing up for democracy – in Madagascar, anyway.
- Vol 52 No 19
- 23rd September 2011
Andry ‘TGV’ Rajoelina was prepared to compromise once he thought Ravalomanana no longer represented an electoral threat