Andry Nirina Rajoelina (Andry TGV)

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...

Mugabe and Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar must be watching Gbagbo’s tactics closely in the lead up to their own electoral battles...

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 midyear...

Transitional leader Andry Rajoelina says that nothing can stop him from winning the presidential elections...

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...

But the reality is that Madagascar’s beleaguered Haute Autorité de la Transition (HAT) regime led by Andry Rajoelina has been struggling to find financing from any source...

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...

President Andry Rajoelina – nicknamed ‘TGV’ after France’s high-speed train – wants to leave a train service as his legacy when he steps down from power in 2011...

Although President Andry Rajoelina aims for economic nationalism and expansion he has opted for penny-pinching financial orthodoxy hoping to keep state finances on track...

France has kept on pressing Madagascar’s post-putsch leader Andry Rajoelina to compromise with his rivals over terms for a democratic transition...