Vol 52 No 19 | MADAGASCAR Rajoelina agrees a deal 23rd September 2011 Andry ‘TGV’ Rajoelina was prepared to compromise once he thought Ravalomanana no longer represented an electoral threat 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...
Vol 52 No 19 | MADAGASCAR International concerns 23rd September 2011 The new settlement, unratified, uncertain and flawed though it is, will find strong support from international organisations anxious to deal with a worsening humanitarian situation and to reverse...
Vol 52 No 1 | MADAGASCAR A permanent putsch 7th January 2011 Foreigners disapprove but Andry TGV Rajoelina wants to be president and the voters may agree He has not announced that he is standing but transitional leader Andry Rajoelina is on the campaign trail for the presidential and legislative polls that are due by...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 7 | MADAGASCARCHINA Making room for friends 13th May 2011 London-listed Madagascar Oil’s battles with the Malagasy government are heating up. The two sides are now heading for international arbitration. The dispute arose when the Haute Autorité de...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 4 | MADAGASCARCHINA Election funds? Try Hong Kong 28th February 2011 Antananarivo is looking for resource deals with Asian financiers to raise cash for an election campaign for interim leader Andry Rajoelina The transitional regime led by Andry Rajoelina is threatening to cancel oil exploration licences held by Western investors and hand them to the Hong Kong-based China International Fund....
Vol 4 (AAC) No 4 | MADAGASCARASIA Andry's Asian alliances under fire 28th February 2011 A rowdy colonel in detention is lambasting Andry Rajoelina’s Haute autorité de la transition (HAT) for its reliance on opaque deals with Asian companies. Colonel Charles Andrianasoavina claims...