Kofi Annan is here in Madagascar

The Secretary General of the United Nations has a full blotter for his official visit to Madagascar. He landed here on Wednesday evening the 15th march some few minutes before his expected arrival, according to Midi,?Kofi Annan accompanied by his wife landed on Malagasy soil to the tunes of a folklore group under the light of a full moon bright enough to see all the way across the rice fields of Betsimitatatra.? Thursday morning, Kofi Annan and the incumbent president Marc Ravalomanana participated in the opening ceremony of a workshop designed to bring Malagasy women into the mainstream of economic development in Madagascar. The ceremony was seen live on the national tv channel TVM and also on MBS. The Nouvelles had the headline, ?Kofi Annan does not exclude the possibility of meeting with the opposition.?