Vol 50 No 20 | MADAGASCAR Old hat, new hat 8th October 2009 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...
Vol 50 No 14 | MADAGASCAR Go on, negotiate 10th July 2009 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...
Vol 50 No 7 | MADAGASCAR One nation, two conferences 3rd April 2009 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...
Vol 50 No 6 | MADAGASCAR 'Andry TGV' takes over 20th March 2009 After the crisis that led to 135 deaths and the resignation of President Ravalomanana, the new young chief will have to meet many aspirations Andry Rajoelina swept into power on the shoulders of rebellious soldiers and his own rhetoric. The High Constitutional Court confirmed him as head of the Haute Autorité de...
Vol 50 No 3 | MADAGASCAR Politics curdle for the Yoghurt King 6th February 2009 Antananarivo's young Mayor challenges the business-friendly President By proclaiming himself the new national leader at a 31 January rally in Antananarivo, the capital's Mayor, Andry Rajoelina, triggered a crisis. 'He's young and he listens to...
Vol 50 No 3 | MADAGASCAR Who's who in the standoff 6th February 2009 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...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 5 | MADAGASCARINDIASOUTH KOREA A target of the revolution 27th March 2009 After the Madagascar imbroglio, South Korean and Indian companies are trying new tactics Almost as soon as he seized power on 18 March, putchiste President Andry Rajoelina cancelled a proposed contract to lease over a million hectares of land to South Korea's Daewoo...