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Man paddles around Madagascar'
Riaan Manser became the first person to have paddled around Madagascar in a kayak.
http://www.madacamp.com/Riaan_Manser_paddles_around_Madagascar
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Warrant for Madagascar ex-leader
The new leader of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has issued an arrest warrant for the president he ousted last month, Marc Ravalomanana.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8005303.stm
Friday, 17 April 2009
Gaddafi receives ousted Madagascar president Ravalomanana
The Libyan leader and chairman of the African Union (AU), Mouammar Gaddafi received ousted Madagascar president Marc Ravalomanan in the Libyan city of Sirte.
http://www.afriquejet.com/ ... 2009041225371.html
Sunday, 12 April 2009
Crisis talks fail in Madagascar
Supporters of the former President of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, have pulled out of talks aimed at bringing an end to the ongoing political crisis.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7995505.stm
Saturday, 11 April 2009
Madagascar sets presidential election for Oct 2010
Madagascar plans to hold a presidential election in October 2010 to restore democracy after Andry Rajoelina took power last month in a transition branded a coup by foreign leaders.
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5325FY20090403
Friday, 3 April 2009
Madagascar's Presidents
Madagascar has its own definition of democracy with regards to its leaders. This page summarises the political history of this remote country since its independence.
http://www.madacamp.com/Madagascar_Presidents
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
Rival groups gather in Madagascar
Tension remains high in Madagascar as church services are being held by pro and anti-government groups.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7970583.stm
Sunday, 29 March 2009
Protesters injured in Madagascar
At least 30 people have been injured - some from gunshot wounds - at an anti-government rally in Madagascar.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7969931.stm
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Ex-President still has much support (VIDEO)
Toppled Madagascar president Marc Ravalomanana disputed his rival Andry Rajoelina's legitimacy as the head of the country's transitional government, ignoring his rival's attempts to appease tensions by calling for talks.
http://www.madacamp.com/President_still_has_much_support
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Pressure on for Madagascar leader
Supporters of Madagascar's former President Marc Ravalomanana are staging daily street protests - just one indication that Africa's youngest president has a tough road ahead of him.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7959973.stm
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Madagascar dissolves parliament
Andry Rajoelina, Madagascar's interim president, has dissolved the national assembly and senate on his first day in office.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/03/2009319155324395613.html
Sunday, 21 March 2009
Marojejy in Crisis
Armed gangs robbing Marojejy National Park has caused the temporary closure of the park to tourism.
http://www.madacamp.com/Marojejy_in_Crisis
Saturday, 20 March 2009
Turbulent Madagascar scares off tourists
Hollywood became an unlikely champion of tourism in Madagascar when an animated film took the country's name as its title and deposited a group of animals from a zoo in New York on the shores of the 'Red Island'.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7956910.stm
Sunday, 21 March 2009
Madagascar's leader is sworn in
Madagascar's Andry Rajoelina, who ousted President Marc Ravalomanana this week, has been installed formally as leader of the Indian Ocean island.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7956496.stm
Sunday, 21 March 2009
Africa rejects Madagascar 'coup'
The African Union has suspended Madagascar after the army forced out the president and installed the opposition leader in his place.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7954356.stm
Friday, 20 March 2009
Citizens in Madagascar React to New Government
Madagascar's newly installed President Andry Rajoelina held his first cabinet meeting and met with the diplomatic corps. It was all part of an attempt to ease the worries of a general population that is traumatized by months of civil unrest.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-19-voa37.cfm
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Africans reject Madagascar leader
Southern African countries have refused to recognise Madagascar's new leader, Andry Rajoelina, who on Tuesday ousted the democratically-elected president.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7953617.stm
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Madagascar leader axes land deal
Madagascar's new leader has cancelled a controversial deal for a South Korean firm to lease a vast tract of land to grow food crops.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7952628.stm
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Madagascar Leader Scraps Daewoo Plan to Grow Food Crops
An agreement by South Korea's Daewoo Logistics Co. to lease 1.3 million hectares of land in Madagascar to grow food crops was scrapped by Andry Rajoelina, the island's new president, the Financial Times reported.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=aEKOkUehBVx8&refer=africa
Thursday, 19 March 2009
'Change needed' in Madagascar
Andry Rajoelina, the former disc jockey who has taken power in Madagascar, says there must be changes to the constitution so elections can be held.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7950134.stm
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Rajoelina appoints himself as head of transitional government (VIDEO)
Opposition leader Andry Rajoelina appointed himself head of the transitional government of Madagascar after the army handed over power to him, following President Marc Ravalomanana's decision to step down.
http://madacamp.com/Rajoelina_appoints_himself_as_head_of_transitional_government
Wednesday, 18 March 2009
'I fear a civil war'
Rindra, a 34-year-old mother from Antananarivo, and 2,500 others formed a human shield around the palace where President Marc Ravalomanana took shelter in his final days before his resignation.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/7948270.stm
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Army puts Madagascar opposition leader in charge
Military leaders in Madagascar say they have handed over control of this Indian Ocean island nation to the president's rival.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hfV75EHUookBtBk2OlprGZBpDTzgD96VVNBG1
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Madagascar's 'young pretender'
Andry Rajoelina, the man at the centre of Madagascar's political turmoil, seems to be winning the struggle for power with his rival, President Marc Ravalomanana.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7943820.stm
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Madagascar president 'to resign'
Madagascar's President Marc Ravalomanana is to stand down and hand power to the military, sources in the president's office have told the BBC.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7948196.stm
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Pressure grows on Madagascar head
Madagascar's opposition leader has said he has a mandate to lead a transitional government, hours after troops stormed one of the president's palaces.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7947381.stm
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
Madagascar's president vows to fight on
Madagascar's President Marc Ravalomanana will fight to the end and has discussed military support with both the United Nations and South African states, his spokesman said on Monday.
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLG180855
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
AU Reacts Cautiously to Madagascar's Political Strife
African Union is carefully avoiding taking sides in Madagascar's bitter political struggle. y
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-16-voa90.cfm
Monday, 16 March 2009
Andry Rajoelina Seizes Power (VIDEO)
Madagascar's opposition leader Andry Rajoelina says he is in command of the country's army, after his movement claimed to have toppled the government earlier in the day.
http://www.madacamp.com/Andry_Rajoelina_Seizes_Power
Monday, 16 March 2009
Madagascar soldiers seize palace
Soldiers have seized one of the palaces of embattled Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana in the centre of the capital Antananarivo.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7946741.stm
Monday, 16 March 2009
Army Occupies Madagascar Presidential Palace
Soldiers in Madagascar's capital took over a presidential palace late Monday, soon after opposition leader Andry Rajoelina called for the arrest of President Marc Ravalomanana.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-16-voa65.cfm
Monday, 16 March 2009
Opposition calls for day of mourning (VIDEO)
Antananarivo. Madagascar opposition don't gives up.
http://www.madacamp.com/Opposition_calls_for_day_of_mourning
Monday, 16 March 2009
Madagascar opposition calls for president's arrest
Madagascar's opposition leader Andry Rajoelina called on Monday for the security forces to arrest President Marc Ravalomanana so he could take power in the Indian Ocean island.
http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2009/03/16/africa/OUKWD-UK-MADAGASCAR-CRISIS.php
Monday, 16 March 2009
Blasts heard near Madagascar presidential palace
Two explosions were heard near Madagascar's presidential palace on Monday, but there was no indication they represented an attack by the opposition or army on the increasingly isolated President Marc Ravalomanana.
http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSLG271095
Monday, 16 March 2009
Madagascar Opposition Rejects President’s Referendum Calls, Demands His Immediate Resignation
Partisans of Madagascar's opposition are expected to besiege the presidential palace today (Monday) to force President Marc Ravalomanana to step down.
http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2009-03-16-voa3.cfm
Monday, 16 March 2009
Madagascar president offers poll
Madagascar's President Marc Ravalomanana has said he is prepared to hold a referendum to end the country's political crisis.
Sunday, 15 March 2009
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7944476.stm
Crisis isolates Madagascan leader
Many carried heavy sticks, freshly cut from the few trees that remain of the once rich forest that surrounded Antananarivo.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7944606.stm
Sunday, 15 March 2009
Madagascar crisis escalates (VIDEO)
Dissident soldiers moved armoured vehicles into Madagascars capital Antananarivo Friday following the weekends military mutiny as the crisis deepened in the island nation. FRANCE 24s Cyril Vanier reports from Antananarivo.
http://www.madacamp.com/Madagascar_crisis_escalates
Friday, 13 March 2009
Mutinous Troops in Madagascar Say They Control Army Tanks
In Madagascar, mutinous troops say they control the army's tanks but deny they are planning to attack the presidential palace.
http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-03-13-voa14.cfm
Friday, 13 March 2009
Madagascar mutineers 'move tanks'
Dissident troops in Madagascar say they have moved tanks into the capital amid a violent power struggle between the president and opposition leader.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7941238.stm
Friday, 13 March 2009
Madagascar army chief forced out
Pro-opposition soldiers have forced Madagascar's army chief to resign a day after he intervened in the Indian Ocean island's six-week political crisis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7937264.stm
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
Madagascar army's crisis deadline
The army chief has given Madagascar's rival leaders 72 hours to solve the island nation's political crisis, which has left more than 100 people dead.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7935096.stm
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Madagascar threatens action against rebel soldiers
Madagascar's government said on Monday it would take "military measures" against mutinying soldiers who have deepened a political crisis on the Indian Ocean island.
http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSL9368470._CH_.2400?sp=true
Monday, 9 March 2009
Madagascar officers launch mutiny
Officers in a military camp near Madagascar's capital of Antananarivo have mutinied, refusing to take any more orders from the government.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7931293.stm
Sunday, 8 March 2009
Madagascar regime 'sacks mayor'
The Madagascar government has fired opposition leader Andry Rajoelina from his role as the capital's mayor.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7867512.stm
Tuesday Feb 3, 2009
Mayor 'in charge' of Madagascar:
Madagascar's opposition leader Andry Rajoelina has proclaimed himself in charge of the country's affairs, following days of violent protests.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7862495.stm
Saturday Jan 31, 2009
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