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Archive for Category: "Indian Ocean"
Madagascar: Rajoelina pas candidat à la présidentielle
Le chef de la transition à Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, a annoncé mardi à des diplomates “qu’il ne se présenterait pas” à l’élection présidentielle que son régime a promis d’organiser, a indiqué mardi une source diplomatique française.
Former Madagascar leader denies seeking asylum
Madagascar’s deposed leader Marc Ravalomanana has denied rumours he is seeking political asylum abroad and condemned violations of human rights under the new government. Many fear his possible return to the crisis-wracked Indian Ocean island would trigger more of the political violence that battered the country’s $390 million-a-year tourism sector and worried foreign investors earlier [...]
Madagascar: la manifestation fait deux morts et des blessés
36 blessés, dont un dans un état critique, ont été admis jeudi dans le principal hôpital d’Antananarivo à la suite d’affrontements entre forces de l’ordre et partisans du président évincé de Madagascar Marc Ravalomanana, a-t-on appris de source hospitalière.
Madagascar: tirs de contre la manif pro-Ravalomanana
Les forces de l’ordre malgaches ont eu recours à des tirs de sommation pour disperser jeudi midi une marche de plusieurs centaines de partisans du président évincé Marc Ravalomanana.
Madagascar protest turns violent
One person has been killed and at least 13 others injured during anti-government protests in Madagascar, hospital sources say. The BBC’s Jonny Hogg in the capital, Antananarivo, says police opened fire after protesters barricaded roads. Tear gas was then used in the grounds and buildings of the city’s main hospital where protesters had fled.
Ravalomanana says to return home in few weeks
Ousted Madagascar leader Marc Ravalomanana said on Monday he planned to return home in a few weeks and called for an election to end the political crisis that has shaken locals and foreign investors alike. Madagascar’s government has rejected an attempt by Ravalomanana to nominate a new prime minister and said it still had an [...]
Madagascar: deux premiers ministres
Le président évincé de Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, a désigné un nouveau Premier ministre “légal”, a-t-il annoncé jeudi par téléphone à environ 15. 000 de ses partisans réunis à Antananarivo. “Je viens de nommer M. Manandafy Rakotonirina Premier ministre. Il est le Premier ministre légal. Nous espérons, et le monde entier aussi, qu’il accomplira son devoir [...]
Apathy main election rival for Algeria’s Bouteflika
Algerians began voting on Thursday in an election President Abdelaziz Bouteflika needs to win convincingly to show he can re-connect with disillusioned voters and snuff out a lingering Islamist insurgency. Bouteflika, a 72-year-old veteran of Algeria’s war for independence from France, is expected to win by a big margin but if voters stay away from [...]
Madagascar plans presidential elections Oct 2010
Madagascar plans to hold presidential elections in October 2010, according to resolutions agreed on Friday at the end of two-day reconciliation talks in the Indian Ocean island. Madagascar’s new leader Andry Rajoelina had pledged to hold elections within 24 months of his rise to power this month. The army-backed transition has been condemned as a [...]
Madagascar: presidential elections in october 2010
Madagascar plans to hold presidential elections in October 2010, according to resolutions agreed on Friday at the end of two-day reconciliation talks in the Indian Ocean island.
Madagascar, Rio Tinto searched by police: army for arms
Rio Tinto Group the world’s third- largest mining company, said police and soldiers searched its titanium mine and offices in Madagascar for arms and mercenaries.“The search was completed and the police and army have left,” London-based spokesman Nick Cobban said today in an e- mailed statement. “Nothing was found during the search.” Calls to the switchboard [...]
Rajoelina protesters tear gassed in Madagascar
Madagascar’s security forces fired teargas and rounds in the air on Thursday to disperse a rally by supporters of former president Marc Ravalomanana who put conditions on proposed mediation talks. Demonstrations against the Indian Ocean island’s new army-backed head of state, Andry Rajoelina, have prolonged a political crisis since the start of 2009 that has [...]
Ousted Madagascar leader defiant
Deposed Madagascan President Marc Ravalomanana has urged supporters to unite to save the nation in his first comments since his overthrow last week. In a message sent to a rally in the capital Antananarivo he described his removal from power as a coup. He is in Swaziland ahead of next week’s meeting by regional leaders [...]
Madagascar’s army says united behind new president
Madagascar’s army chief said on Tuesday the military was united behind Africa’s newest president, Andry Rajoelina, and warned he would take steps against anyone spreading rumours of divisions within the ranks. Colonel Andre Ndriarijaona, who helped Rajoelina oust former President Marc Ravalomanana, said the army’s sole aim was to restore law and order after weeks [...]
US to suspend non-humanitarian aid to Madagascar
The United States said on Friday it would suspend all non-humanitarian aid to Madagascar after opposition leader Andry Rajoelina’s took power with the support of the army in what Washington regards as coup. Madagascar’s elected president, Marc Ravalomanana, was forced out on Tuesday after weeks of opposition protests that won the support of the military.
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