Andry Nirina Rajoelina (Andry TGV)

The Minister of the Environment and Forests Joseph Randriamiarisoa was fired last April after he accused Mamy Ravatomanga a businessman close to President Andry Rajoelina of involvement in the trade (AC Vol 53 No 14 Rajoelina slows down the train)...

On 17 August the Southern African Development Community failed in its third attempt to reconcile feuding Presidents Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina...

• 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...

France comes in for criticism too being regarded as favouring Andry Rajoelina while the USA and SADC are seen as favouring the man he ousted Ravalomanana...

International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana Mashabane insists that Malgasy leader Andry Rajoelina should allow the unconditional return of the man he ousted with military backing in 2009...

An advisor to Madagascan Prime Minister Jean Omer Beriziky claims that transitional President Andry Rajoelina has ordered his ally Mines Minister Randrianfeno Tolotrandry Rajo Daniella to block the Thai companies’ deal...

In April this year President Andry Rajoelina sacked Environment Minister Joseph Randriamiarisoa after he denounced the rosewood trade and accused businessman and Rajoelina ally Mamay Ravatomanga of involvement in the illicit networks...

No sooner had interim leader Andry Rajoelina agreed to terms that included the return of the exiled Marc Ravalomanana than senior figures in the governing Haute Autorité de la Transition (HAT) were threatening to arrest the former President...

When the military overthrew President Marc Ravalomanana and installed Andry Rajoelina in March 2009 contributing countries were initially reluctant to reduce their economic support because of Madagascar’s poverty and heavy dependence on aid...

Again it will require a savvy opposition movement to play on Idriss Déby Itno’s and Andry Rajoelina’s vulnerabilities and those of their foreign sponsors to push through change...