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- Vol 51 No 11
- 28/05/2010
An unconvincing egotist
Putsch leader Andry Rajoelina says he won’t stand in the forthcoming elections – but for some reason no one believes him
- Vol 50 No 20
- 08/10/2009
Old hat, new hat
The choice of academic Eugène Mangalaza as Prime Minister after a marathon meeting in Antananarivo on 6 October has broken the deadlock over the make-up of the new interim government, which is to run Madagascar until elections in 15 months' time...
- Vol 50 No 14
- 10/07/2009
Go on, negotiate
While Madagascar's ousted President Marc Ravalomanana stews in South Africa, the youthful transition leader Andry Rajoelina has been in Belgium, vainly trying to persuade the European Union to restore its aid. Talks on 6 July with an EU team headed by...
- Vol 50 No 7
- 03/04/2009
One nation, two conferences
The opening of a national conference in Antananarivo on 2 April, led by Andry Rajoelina, head of the Haute Autorité de la Transition, is likely to worsen political divisions. Its goal is to draw up plans to return the country to constitutional rule and ho...
- Vol 50 No 6
- 20/03/2009
'Andry TGV' takes over
After the crisis that led to 135 deaths and the resignation of President Ravalomanana, the new young chief will have to meet many aspirations
- Vol 50 No 3
- 06/02/2009
Politics curdle for the Yoghurt King
Antananarivo's young Mayor challenges the business-friendly President
- Vol 50 No 3
- 06/02/2009
Who's who in the standoff
Marc Ravalomanana, 'the Yoghurt King', built his Tiko business group from a hawker's cart into the country's biggest home-grown company (AC Vol 46 No 20). In 1999, he captured Antananarivo Town Hall, the launch-pad for his 2001-02 bid for the presidency. ...
- Vol 46 No 20
- 07/10/2005
Ravalomanana Inc.
The President's foreign friends admire him but he is less revered at home
- Vol 46 No 12
- 10/06/2005
Marc and the miners
Washington and the multinationals give Ravalomanana's team a boost
- Vol 46 No 6
- 18/03/2005
Joining the club
Madagascar intends to join the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in August, according to its Foreign Minister, Jaya Krishna Cuttaree (who is also a candidate for Director General of the World Trade Organisation). He reckons that membership ...
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