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01/05/2012 | 22:21:10
After being dealt with by the HAT’s police forces with tear gas, Mamy Rakotoarivelo is now the Rajoelina regime’s next political target. The President of the transitional congress is being summoned by the ordinary criminal court, as a matter of fact a flagrant violation of the roadmap. The victim denounced the resumption of the unilateralism policy and announced that the Ravalomanana political sphere is to keep away from whatever parliamentary and governmental meetings. [1 Euro]
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17/05/2013 | 08:15:14
The former president of the National Assembly and former mayor of Antananarivo city, passed away in France on May 16th, while he calling in to relatives. Richard Andriamanjato used to be a major figure over several decades in the Malagasy political life. He passed away, ripe with age, at 84 [See]
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16/05/2013 | 08:37:50
The city named Fianarantsoa, located in the southern part of Madagascar's central regions, has been invaded by legions of migrating locusts. The occurence happens to be seldom enough to deserve a say. The invader massively assaulted green spaces. According to eye witnesses, swarms of locusts hovering above the city plunged it into the dark for a while. The FAO reports that nearly half of the national territory has now been conquered by some 500 billions of locusts. [See]
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15/05/2013 | 08:20:44
Each and every official presidential candidate serving into the transitional government, the transitional parliament or any other public position, must resign before this year's May . Le président de la 26th, according to the electoral code. Not even the transitional leader is normally allowed to skirt around this compulsory must. Could Andry Rajoelina ever be attempted to forget to comply, the International Community, will simply cut financial supplies to the elections short [See]
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14/05/2013 | 08:00:15
In the run of a ceremony held at the City Council's building in remembrance of the popular movement which took place back on May 13th 1972, Andry Rajoelina, the transitional leader, confirmed that he is bound to take part into the presidential race basically expected to start on July 24th. He finds no ground at all to pull out from the presidential tournament, as he used to pledge shortly before. [See]
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13/05/2013 | 07:51:34
the Union of Malagasy Journalists sent a letter to the International Community begging it to react vigourously to the transitional ruling power's led violation of press freedom in Madagascar.In the run of a press conference, the Union's leading office emphasized anew the urgent need to allow some 80 radio and TV stations arbitrarily shut down by the ruling powerover the latest years. The transitional junta has always been playing a deaf ear to these claims. [See]
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11/05/2013 | 14:41:42
Jean Omer Beriziky gave a piece of his mind to the Special Electoral Court when condemning a "far too flagrant blunder" as a response to the validation of Andry Rajoelina's candidacy to the incoming presidential election basically expected to take place on july, 24th. The Prime Minister declared however that he could nothing but ring the alarm bell in face of such a deviation. The transitional government is actually not allowed to touch the Special Electoral Court members. [See]
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08/05/2013 | 10:03:20
Former Malagasy president Didier Ratsiraka, current candidate running the incoming presidential elections basically expected to take place on July, 24th, strongly opposes the use of the "single ballot". He holds this project as foolish, considering the unexpectedly high number of candidates and the high rate of illiteracy on the Great Isle. "Not even developed countries are making use of any single ballot. I wonder why on earth should a developing country like Madagascar ever go for it." declared the former president in a talk show produced by the TV PLUS channel. Didier Ratsiraka believes the use of the single ballot to pave the way for electoral frauds since lowly educated voters would become more vulnerable to cheats, namely by being prompted to put more than one cross down, which would automatically ruin the vote as a whole [See]
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07/05/2013 | 07:49:49
the current transitional leader will have to resign from his position before this year's May, 26th. The electoral code actually wants any acting state leader to step down at least 60 days before the presidential election's D-day. Not even Andry Rajoelina can afford to skirt around this obligation now that he surprisingly entered the presidential race basically expected to take place on July, 24th. [See]
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06/05/2013 | 07:59:12
The participants to the national conference organized by the Confederation of Christian Churches in Madagascar (FFKM) have ultimately agreed on the need of a new "short" term transition. In short, the current ruling power’s whole structure is being challenged and widely shaken [See]
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03/05/2013 | 19:51:23
Andry Rajoelina, the current transitional leader has chosen to enforce his candidacy for the incoming presidential election at the eleventh hour, and the Special Electoral Court validated it. 41 candidates in all out of 50 addressed applications are allowed to line up on the presidential race's starting line. [See]
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02/05/2013 | 14:34:40
the trnasitional leader feels the rope getting tighter around his neck. He perfectly knows that the resolution deemed to be produced as the outcome of the summit organized by the Confederation of Christian Churches in Madagascar (FFKM) is about to turn into much of a blow to him. The FFKM's conference expected to address the settlement of the crisis which has been engulfing Madagascar will develop from May, 3rd to May 5th. So, Andry Rajoelina preferred daring a desperate move by presenting all of a sudden another settlement project to the SADC [See]
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29/04/2013 | 07:57:54
For the presidential race expected to take place on July 24th, the Special Electoral Court found as many as 49 candidacy applications out in its mailbox. Some of them do however not match the standards and are likely to get rejected. The official starting line will be known on May 3rd. [See]
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26/04/2013 | 16:52:34
the transitional leader has interacted over a quarter of a hour with Pope Francis inside the Vatican in the morning of April 26th, according to the Holy See's reports. The ruling power's delegation also met with Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Secretary of State, and Dominique Mamberti, Secretary in charge of state public relations [See]
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26/04/2013 | 16:25:29
the former first lady gets a move on and recover the country's political and economic front scenes. Now that her application has reached the Special Electoral Court, she made to Manjakandriana to visit one of the TIKO corporation's factories, completely brought to its knees by four years of organized looting [See]
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24/04/2013 | 08:26:07
It seems that muscles are gradually getting flexed. Associations and politicians begin to reply to the harsh criticism vociferated by supporters of Andry Rajoelina and to one part of the international community as well, particularly about the FFKM’s leadership led mediation process related issue. The billionaire presidential candidate Sylvain Rabetsaroana led an offensive against Fatma Samura, the UNDP resident Spokeswoman in Madagascar. [See]
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23/04/2013 | 07:40:39
The former first lady intends to deliver her candidacy application to the Special Electoral Court on Thursday, April 25th, according to the Ravalomanana political sphere. In between, her electoral war machine progressively shapes up. Ultimately, the political sphere is expecting to keep the eye wide opened, namely through its presence at the very quarter level in big cities like Antananarivo. [See]
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22/04/2013 | 07:31:56
an eventual new transition would be a source of hope for some ones, a source of nightmare for others. The mediation action engaged by the FFKM, the Confederation of Christian Churches in Madagascar widely captured the focus as a matter of fact. Those who have been longing over four years for Andry Rajoelina to back off are rather optimistic whereas those who yearn for elections to be carried out as quickly as possible do frown the eyebrows. [See]
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19/04/2013 | 20:06:39
the transitional leader's party has turned out its sixth horse on the presidential race's starting line. Former transitional prime minister Camille Vital solemnly made his intentions to run the presidential race public. Edgar Razafindravahy, the TGV party's official champion, inherits another challenger from his own party. [See]
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18/04/2013 | 16:20:56
The Confederation of Christian Churches in Madagascar (FFKM) has tackled its mediation project and addressed scores of political parties at a time inside the international conference center's facilities in Ivato. More than 200 political groups sent their delegations. Former president Didier Ratsiraka, freshly landing on from his flight, took part into the event. So did the home based former president Albert Zafy [See]
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17/04/2013 | 16:45:01
The military leadership which has been supporting Andry Rajoelina from the very beginning of the on going political crisis seem to stay at a growing distance from the current ruling power. The top commanding officers have just signed a promise to remain neutral in the run of the incoming electoral time in Madagascar [See]
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16/04/2013 | 08:14:18
The nomination of Lalao Ravalomanana as the Ravalomanana sphere's candidate into the next presidential elections is widely backed by the whole of the political sphere as well as by all of the former president’s supporters. The other political groups progressively emulate. The GTT International Geneva requires “the compulsory restoration of fair electoral conditions, bearing in mind that the current ones definitely not pledge any transparency to the incoming elections which are likely to be challenged” [See]
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14/04/2013 | 21:10:30
The former president’s political sphere has chosen Lalao Ravalomanana as champion in the next presidential tournament. The Ravalomanana sphere top leaders have addressed the issue in South Africa together with the president kept out in exile there [See]
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12/04/2013 | 11:04:21
The Confederation of Christian Churches in Madagascar (FFKM) is currently getting a large scale move on to address the main figures of the never ending Malagasy political crisis. The series of talks will start on April 18th. The FFKM is likely to provide with an alternative solution to the crisis settlement process, considering that the capitalization of the Roadmap failed to come true [See]
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11/04/2013 | 08:14:27
Three members from the Malagasy Journalists' Union's official Bureau have met the envoys sent by the SADC's parliamentarian forum. The Union members emphasized the pressing need to do away with the ban on radio and television stations outcasted and shut by the transitional ruling power over the latest years. There are actually no less than 80 of them! Besides, they recalled that a large majority of the Malagasy people massively relies on air-broadcasted news and does not have any access to newspapers. [See]
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10/04/2013 | 07:33:05
The outcome of the secret vote revealed his victory by 25 votes against 18 for his challenger. General Rabotoarison has been elected as president du FFM (National Reconciliation Council). The retired National State Police officer was not that long ago merely one of the twenty candidates competing to claim this institution's presidency. He is now being tasked with inducing long term reconciliation between parties and figures actively involved in the crisis. A mission apparently deemed to succeed on a cold day in hell [See]
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09/04/2013 | 07:36:35
The presidential tournament has officially begun in spite of the remaining uncertainties. The Special Electoral Court recieved applications from three challengers at a time on April 8th 2013, namely on the very first day of the application period. And the nominees on the starting line are respectively Hajo Andrianainarivelo, Jean Lahiniriko and Rolland Ratsiraka. [See]
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08/04/2013 | 09:00:01
the ruling power's TGV party has its champion deemed to run the presidential race. As an outcome of its latest congress, the mission to conquer the presidency was granted to Edgar Razafindravahy, Antananarivo city's acting Special Delegation President. The champion will already have to deal with strong challenge from those of his own, bearing in mind that the wholel of Andry Rajoelina's clique does not back the choice of man. Not even media groups supposed to support the transitional ruling power do not appear but sceptical at this decision. Moreover, former militants who used to stay behind Rajoelina during the year 2009's putsch, and now gathered in the KMD group, made their reluctance to support Edgar Razafindravahy crystal clear. The political figure would not enough popularity in and outside Antananarivo, let alone throughout the provinces of Madagascar. The general Camille Vital seemed to lead the race, for apparently being granted wide support and Andry Rajoelina'sliking in public, but the Party is always right, is it not? As a matter of fact, the Rajoelina sphere actually does suffer internal divisions [See]
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05/04/2013 | 14:43:08
The dirty business decidedly knows no end, does it? Six containers filled with rosewood logs have freshly been captured by security forces in Antsiranana, in the North of Madagascar. The rosewood logs have been shipped northwards all along the Great Isle's eastern coast, for they have initially been loaded up in Taolagnaro, in the south of the country. The National State Police took charge and arrested the ship Zanzibar on which the cargo was subsequently captured. [See]
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04/04/2013 | 14:41:54
Mamy Rakotoarivelo, acting President of the Transitional Congress, actively emphasized that Marc Ravalomanana's political sphere, of which he is part, has for the time being not yet knighted anyone as candidated deemed to run the incoming presidential race. He was replying to a reporter eagerly asking about potential candidacy from parson Lala Rasendrahasina, President of the FJKM reformed church, a figure who has long been being very close to former president Marc Ravalomanana. Mamy Rakotoarivelo equally declared that the political sphere's leading figures and Marc Ravalomanana himself would soon have a meeting in South Africa and address the incoming presidential election related issue. The main decisions will be produced as an outcome of this meeting. Marc Ravalomanana actually made it crystal clear, that he would not designate any nominee before recovering his home soil [See]
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27/03/2013 | 18:34:25
the presidential party will have its national congress on April 5th and 6th at the Futura exposition space at Andranomena. It is likely to be its hour of truth. The TGV party will have to decide about the presidential candidate deemed to take over Andry Rajoelina. [See]
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26/03/2013 | 10:17:59
The application time for the Malagasy Reconciliation Council is over. Thirty applications in all have so far been recorded. The concerned officials still wait for other potentially mailed applications to appear at the eleventh hour. [See]
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22/03/2013 | 10:51:19
the local Group of Citizens & Civil Society (GSCC) led by Serge Zafimahova and Hugues Rajaonson is planning to turn one city into a ghost town on April 5th 2013, in response to the current political standstill and its social fallbacks. Basically supposed to have come true on March 22nd, the operation got cancelled, then called off in the end. The GSCC is craving for an alliance with other groups in order to strengthen its protest movement [See]
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21/03/2013 | 10:31:12
Four months are left to the presidential election's first knock out round, the National Independent Electoral Commission struggles to complete its mission. The CENIT's officials unveiled the famous software system expected to handle the whole electoral register. Their presentation did however not fully convince the members of the "Initiative pour la Transparence et l'Harmonie des élections à Madagascar (ITHEM)" or Initiative for Electoral Transparency and Harmony in Madagascar. This group actually believes that frauds remain likely in the current census of voters [1 Euro]
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20/03/2013 | 07:26:15
At least 800 000 voters have no national identification card, and will consequently not be allowed to have their say during the incoming rounds of elections. According to some other specialists, many more people than suggested by the aforesaid figure have no identification card, so an identification card distribution got launched to settle the issue. Unfortunately, the interior ministry is said to be running out of cash to complete the operation to the end [See]
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19/03/2013 | 14:51:52
The political basis to the required restoration of the rule of law gets larger and larger with every passing week. Some fourty associations, trade unions and political groups jointly accepted to support the impulse created by Professor Raymond Ranjeva, former judge at the international court of The Hague. Regional associations equally emulated, and more and more Parliament members individually decide to join the common front as well [See]
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18/03/2013 | 07:39:02
No one speaks up first and foremost in order to avoid stormy retaliation from the ruling power, but clues are generally hinting a rashly increasing rejection of the transitional leader. The on going protests actually have one common goal, namely kicking transitional leader Andry Rajoelina out once for all [See]
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14/03/2013 | 12:25:37
A newly created coalition of progress oriented parties political parties has emerged from the dark. For the time being, the coalition is made of three political parties which do not have any relevant base across the country yet, although their evolution slowly develops. [See]
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13/03/2013 | 06:57:59
Having the Malagasy former first lady finally back home became a cause for hope for the supporters of Marc Ravalomanana, but merely to a certain extent though. At the Magro square located in Behoririka, in which the former president’s supporters regularly meet, joy could have not been complete. The conditions imposed to Lalao Ravalomanana were actually rather humiliating, considering that the putsch originated ruling power dictated its own rules. As expected, absolutely no sign hints any likely come back home to be granted to Marc Ravalomanana. [See]
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12/03/2013 | 07:47:02
Her private jet reached Antananarivo very early in the morning. The Malagasy former first lady was able to visit her mother at the hospital in Ankadifotsy on March, 12th. Lalao Ravalomanana was basically expected at the airport of Ivato in the evening of March, 11th but the aircraft she had to fly on delayed its course on purpose [See]
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11/03/2013 | 08:43:58
The Malagasy former president has been kept in exile in South Africa since he was driven away from power by a putsch back in 2009, and refuses to designate any presidential candidate for his party until his come back home comes true. [See]
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07/03/2013 | 13:15:18
The HMF group’s parsons do invite the population on Saturday, March 9th to join a worship gathering for the Nation deemed to take place at the green theater of Antsahamanitra. They intend to make it an opportunity to expressively bring the genuine causes of the current political standstill in the Great Isle’s four years old crisis settlement process to light. [See]
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06/03/2013 | 17:29:08
The four ministers sent by the transitional ruling power to Mandritsara in the North of the country found it quite hard to leave the place. Demonstrators set blockades up on the streets and on the local airport’s runway. The wrath stirred by the previous clashes with security forces did not come down. The demonstrators are requiring justice to be done, the hard way, in response to the murder of an 82 years old cleric [See]
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06/03/2013 | 06:45:00
Infuriated mobs tried to put their hands on the suspected murderers of an 82 years old cleric in Mandritsara, in the north of Madagascar. They wanted to beat the suspects to death, following their arrest; they even tried to storm into the detention center in which they were held in custody, but security forces deployed to avert the massacre. The clashes claimed one casualty and several wounded persons were reported [See]
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05/03/2013 | 08:20:30
The BFV Société Générale bank’s employees tackled an unlimited strike from March, 5th on. The triggering issue: a wage related conflict. The employees required a plus 30 percent rise on their paycheck, and merely got 10 percent instead. However, various other more far reaching issues actually happen to be stirring trouble within the bank. Some employees seem to be outraged by the way chosen by the expatriated heads of the BFV bank, the French firm Societe Generale’s local branch [See]
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04/03/2013 | 06:47:17
Sister Marie Emmanuel Helesbeux, from La Providence de Ruille sur Loir
, got murdered in Mandritsara, in the north eastern part of Madagascar on March 1st. Three suspects have been arrested in relation to this incident. The owned the murder of the clerc up, but still the details and the circumstances in which they produced their testimony [See]
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02/03/2013 | 11:29:49
All those indicted in the BANI case got an amnesty. The case referred to a attempted putsch back in 2006 against Marc Ravalomanana, and not to that of the same name which required Rajoelina’s transitional power to step down. General Andrianafidisoa and those of his own are thereupon the first ones to be entitled to the amnesty recommended by the SADC. The first beneficiaries are part of Marc Ravalomanana’s adversaries. General Tsaranazy, condemned in 2002, Pierrot Rajaonarivelo, contender into the next presidential election have both been granted with an amnesty. Marc Ravalomanana is not on this list. And nothing hints that his name would ever be found in any of the next ones, since the transitional ruling power appears absolutely not bound to accept his return from his south African exile. Even his wife, merely expecting to visit her mother at the hospital, was hindered from coming back home [See]
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02/03/2013 | 07:19:41
The physical presence of the wife of the president ousted back in 2009 by a putsch is likely to create a far too big political risk due to the unpredictable psychological impact on an untamed population. Rajoelina’s ruling power consequently took a radical step even if it means the flagrant violation of the crisis settlement Roadmap. Once again, the Civil Aviation Authority in Madagascar contributed to capitalize one of the ruling power’s political decisions. Lalao Ravalomanana was not allowed to get on the Airlink airline company’s jet on Saturday because of the very unobtrusively issued NOTAM. Ravalomanana denounced the opened hypocrisy within the ruling class as well as the obvious lack of will to promote any appeasement. [1 Euro]
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28/02/2013 | 22:27:54
The two key women in the year 2013’s electoral process in Madagascar joined hands to recall the urgency of certain a set of political actions deemed to improve the technical preparation of the elections. The President of the CENIT, the local electoral commission, and the United Nations’ special envoy have emphasized that an amnesty law and the publication of the potential then confirmed candidates. In addition to the impatience to have the political deadlock removed, the single ballot related issue also happens to be at the heart of all concerns. [1 Euro]
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28/02/2013 | 22:25:32
The sensible issue created by former first lady Lalao Ravalomanana’s need to recover the country on humanitarian account, definitely put Andry Rajoelina’s eventual willingness to finally respect the crisis settlement Roadmap, especially its famous Article 20. The head of the transition pretended to give in, however presented a complete set of conditions to his so named concession. To make a long story short, he tries to prevent his opponents to draw any political capital from this event. In between, the young politician plays the perfect son in law. [1 Euro]
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28/02/2013 | 09:21:39
The transitional leader drove through Madagascar’s southern areas affected by the cyclone Haruna and, as a response, delegated the bulk of the job to the National Unity Prime Minister, as a matter of retaliation against the transitional government chief. Omer Beriziky does his best to dodge the poisoned projectile as best as he can. [See]
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28/02/2013 | 09:09:32
The PRO RAVALOMANANA association launched a demonstration a short while ago in front of the SADC’s office’s facilities in Antananarivo. A request got officially sent to the SADC’s local spokespersons in charge of the mediation in the nearly four year long Malagasy political crisis. [See]
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26/02/2013 | 10:01:33
The former Malagasy first lady will be allowed to recover her native island within the next few days, if she wants to, and if she accepts the transitional regime’s leader’s conditions. Lalao Ravalomanana will be allowed to visit her seriously sick mother who has been taken to the hospital some weeks earlier. The transitional leader obviously does not want such a call in from Lalao Ravalomanana to serve any political incentive. She has been remaining abroad in exile in South Africa since Marc Ravalomanana got ousted by a putsch back in 2009. In July 2012, she got driven out by the ruling power at the airport when trying to come home. The former president’s supporters appeared particularly offended by the conditions issued by the transitional leadership this time around [See]
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25/02/2013 | 21:12:24
Now we know for sure, why Madagascar can’t afford to stage any election during the rainy season, do we not? The island’s southern region has been getting used to deserts and arid climate for decades. Now it has to deal with the highly unusual effects of the wind and the rain brought by the cyclone Haruna. 13 casualties, 50 wounded and more than 17 000 victims have been accounted in the latest temporary reports. Reconstruction will prove to be long, hard, and expensive. The ruling power calls for international humanitarian emergency help. [1 Euro]
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25/02/2013 | 21:10:52
The cyclone Haruna took its largest toll from Tulear City and its immediate vicinities. 13 casualties, 22 missing and 32 wounded, some 3000 people left homeless and more than 7000 other victims were reported by the latest body count. 18 schools and 12 public facilities have also been damaged by the cyclone. Look back on the twilight time of the city of the sun. [1 Euro]
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25/02/2013 | 17:29:21
The cyclone HARUNA wrecked a considerable havoc in the southern part of Madagascar. The temporary accounts issued by the local national department in charge of managing such a situation report some 22 000 people and thousands of hectares of flooded paddy fields. As the next incoming is famine dangerously waylaying in the concerned area. [See]
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24/02/2013 | 18:34:19
Unionists, magistrates and scores of political figures do actively support Professor Raymond Ranjeva’s intended settlement of a stage to the restoration of the rule of rights in the Great Isle. They all join hands to capitalize the project. And the project obviously not pleases ruling power’s clique at all [See]
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21/02/2013 | 09:02:48
Insecurity keeps on rampaging in the capital city and its suburbs, let alone throughout the country’s other regions. Security service officials in charge of Antananarivo sector finally get a move on, considering that even policemen, state policemen and military personal are now directly targeted by these raids. Several officers have been undergoing raids and hold ups during the latest months and an army colonel got shot dead when going back home, as a reminder. Most likely as a matter of retaliation to avenge such an outrage, Antananarivo city’s joint staff decided to take charge and launch a large scale and aggressive operation against criminality. It was about time. [See]
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20/02/2013 | 08:46:36
Bernard Kamilius Membe, Foreign Office Minister, Number One of the Tanzanian Republic’s International Cooperation department, and acting President of the SADC’s Troika’s ministerial committee, called in to Madagascar at the head of an eight people strong delegation. He addressed the outcome of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council’s summit. Sanctions against 109 Malagasy figures would be lifted once the crisis settlement Roadmap gets thoroughly capitalized. [See]
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19/02/2013 | 08:15:50
The former Malagasy first lady’s mother has been lying in a hospital bed for several days. She would like to meet her daughter, but Lalao Ravalomanana is equally kept in exile in South Africa by the transitional ruling power and cannot safely go home. The family gave an emergency call upon the International Community to address this peculiar issue. [See]
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18/02/2013 | 21:16:41
It’s always been so: diplomacy has always been and will always be the weak point of the HAT ruling power led by Andry Rajoelina and Norbert Lala Ratsirahonana. Yet, the mayor of Antananarivo keeps braging an outstanding diplomatic victory, for having been recognized as president of the transition by the international community, and for having met as such the United Nations’ Secretary General in New York City. [1 Euro]
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18/02/2013 | 21:03:51
The transitional presidency recovered its genuine face, the same as Rajoelina sphere’s one. Following its leader’s forced retreat, it required the alteration of the electoral course, namely legislative before presidential elections while Andry Rajoelina remains in command. The diplomatic wall proved however too thick. The evidences of the international denial of legitimacy to a putsch originated ruling power: [1 Euro]
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18/02/2013 | 20:31:00
The HAT, Andry Rajoelina and his political clique have been spending the latest four years with little hit and runs back and forth to enforce its will. Its showdown with the National Unity Prime Minister ended on a defeat. The government chief was asked to resign if capitalizing the transitional leader’s will was proving too hard. It was, so the Prime Minister remained in charge. The apportionment and the redistricting processes are running, and the boss is Omer Beriziky [1 Euro]
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18/02/2013 | 20:29:56
Beatrice Attalah has taken quite a beating from the press. Honor would have gone lost, she would have sold the country out to the international community when refusing to upset the electoral calendar at the current ruling power’s bidding. Be she, the President of the Electoral Commission, did not shudder and kept holding on. Still a couple of questions remain: how much of her credit did she drop, according to her opponents? And the more valuable one: did she prove to be the man of the situation, able to carry the electoral process out in 2013? [1 Euro]
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18/02/2013 | 09:54:10
Camille Vital, former transitional prime minister, openly expressed his “availability” for the next presidential race. Some of transition leader Andry Rajoelina’s collaborators do support him. His TGV party’s leaders do however not fully agree on the issue. Rajoelina’s party has three preferences at a time: Camille Vital, Hajo Andrianainarivelo and Edgar Razafindravahy. [See]
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15/02/2013 | 08:17:44
Rampaging insecurity seems to begin to affect police and armed forces personal. An army colonel and medic got shot dead by armed outlaws at his own home gate, and a substantial amount of money in his possession, claimed by his henchmen. He happens to be the third security forces members to have undergone raids in a span of the latest couple of weeks in the outskirts of the capital city. [See]
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14/02/2013 | 12:41:32
Alain Tehindrazanarivelo, former deputy prime minister at the healthcare ministry, is being investigated by the anti corruption department, and suspected of embezzlement of public assets. The interrogation of the former deputy prime minister, now transitional parliamentarian, has stirred his peers to a certain extent. The anti corruption department’s number one and General Faly Rabetrano from the national state police, jointly emphasized that no less than some one hundred millions of Ariary were embezzled, and the fact that the current transitional parliament members are in no way entitled to any immunity for not being elected at all, in accordance with the High Constitutional Court’s decision. General Faly Rabetrano subsequently added up that several other former government members happen to be involved into various embezzlement cases, and may get ready for the pending investigation. As for their fate, could they ever get officially indicted, the Court will decided [See]
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13/02/2013 | 09:15:39
The Union of Malagasy Journalists let it be known how little it was pleased by the speech held by Harry Rahajason, aka Rolly Mercia, current transitional communication minister. The transitional leader was invited by reporter Onitiana Realy on the TV PLUS channel stage, the program was broadcasted on the TVM channel as well. Shortly after the end of the program, Rolly Mercia took charge on the TVM channel and attacked Onitiana Realy, who retaliated later on, a retaliation of that kind which will long be remembered. The Union of Journalists reacted as following to the engagement: “the minister in charge got used to create the stir through his public attacks directed at his former fellow press members or through his announcement of his string of poorly disguised prohibition measures. He did not break with his tradition when presenting his absolutely baseless excuses to keep the potentially dangerous radio stations silenced by the transitional ruling power, the way they are, namely closed. He did it again concerning the ban from accessing public channels imposed on whatever political trend happening to challenge the transitional leader.” Furthermore, the Union’s leading Board “recalls the immediate need to lift the ban on every television and radio programs and stations shut down by the transitional ruling power, as well as the compulsory need to grant and strictly respect freedom of speech to every public and private information channels.” [See]
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12/02/2013 | 08:19:32
Everything burns anew in the southern part of Madagascar. During the week end, nearly one hundred armed men, some of them dressed as military personal, raided villages and captured hundreds of livestock. The local state police forces could not react accordingly to the challenge. [See]
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11/02/2013 | 07:52:11
It was an opportunity for the former president’s supporters to flex muscles once again. Several thousands of supporters of Marc Ravalomanana gathered in the run of a picnic in Amboanjobe, in the southern outskirts of Antanananarivo city, and shared new year wishes to each other. The former president was present, though merely through a phone line call from his land of exile, and declared that he would be on the verge of coming back home, and that no decision concerning the election would come out until this comeback to Madagascar comes true. [See]
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08/02/2013 | 10:42:07
A peculiar scene developed inside the Magro square on that day. He used to be one of the main arch enemies to the supporters of Marc Ravalomanana. On that day though, Colonel Charles Andrianasoavina’s phone call to the Magro square was welcomed like that of a hero. He is currently recovering in La Reunion island. In the run of the remembrance of February 07th 2009’s shoot out, the colonel actually revealed a far reaching testimony proving to be a serious blow to the transitional leadership. He testified that transitional leader Andry Rajoelinal was the main mastermind behind the bloodshed, since “lives had to be sacrificed in order to gain control of the power”, and pointed at Colonel Lylison Rene as the main henchman. Colonel Charles emphasized again that the presidential guard was not to be blamed for the deadly gunshots which claimed casualties on February 07th 2009. The crowd gathered inside the Magro square joyfully cheered loud at Colonel Charles Andrianasoavina’s speech. [See]
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07/02/2013 | 16:03:12
In sharp contrast to the Rajoelina sphere, the political group supportive of former president Marc Ravalomanana appears to be rather satisfied by the decision to call the incoming elections off. The presidential election’s knock out round will take place a couple of months and a half later than basically expected. Fine for the ousted president kept out in exile in South Africa since 2009 and for his supporters [See]
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06/02/2013 | 09:20:56
The transitional ruling power and the association of victims are planning a remembrance ceremony to take place on February 7th in Antaninarenia. Former President Marc Ravalomanana, currently in South Africa, got indicted in the case, but still, the investigation supposed to be independent struggles to get its start. When the putsch was developing back in 2009, Marc Ravalomanana and the presidential guard were pointed at for causing some thirty casualties in front of the presidential palace in Ambohitsorohitra. The tragedy took place on February 7th, 2009. The former president got trialed by the transitional justice, denounced however a politically motivated action. On the strength of several testimonies, Ravalomanana’s defenders actually do not lack the needed arguments happening to bring transitional leader Andry Rajoelina’s manipulations to light. Colonel Charles Andrianasoavina already revealed the presence of snipers tasked to bring as many people down as possible on this occasion, a matter of fact corroborating the report produced by General Raoelina, presidential guard’s number one, according to which gunshots directed at the palace were clearly identified. Four years after the fact, the debate remains quite as hot as before [See]
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06/02/2013 | 07:18:22
Basically supposed to take place on Mai 8th, the presidential election’s knock out stage will in the end come true on July 24th 2013, while its second round together with the legislative elections will take place on September 25th. The call off was predictable. The Independent National Electoral Commission had to make do with it. [See]
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04/02/2013 | 10:31:43
Tensions are growing unbearable between National Unity Prime Minister Omer Beriziky in one corner and Transitional Communication Harry Laurent Rahajason with the transitional leader in the opposite corner. The government’s chiefs’ says are not allowed on the Malagasy national radio and televisions waves. A second to none ban, as a matter of fact. On the other hand, Omer Beriziky is sharply being criticized by the ruling power’s media groups. But he keeps holding on though, rules every resignation out, and even gets into retaliation position with the Roadmap’s Article 31 in the hand, specially drafted to protect him against any attempt to cast him aside. According to this particular article: ”No impeachment process, no dismissal from the Transition’s President, not any attempt against the Transitional Government, and not any dissolution of the Transitional Parliament either, will be tolerated during the Transitional Period. ” [See]
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01/02/2013 | 07:06:09
The head of the Transition has left the Isle and made for New York. According to a statement produced by the presidency of the Transition, Andry Rajoelina will meet with the Secretary General of the United Nations, first and foremost to defend his will to alter the electoral calendar. [See]
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31/01/2013 | 21:30:46
Five years ago, it was definitely unthinkable because of the constitutional reform banning citizens with dual nationality to become candidates in any presidential election. The constitution itself has been turned upside down in order to pave Rajoelina’s way to the presidency, or at least to grant him an unlimited term in office. In 2013, France is even allowed to put its citizens as candidates forth, even if Paris has not yet revealed its new pawn’s name, now the former one has run out of breath. [1 Euro]
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31/01/2013 | 19:43:26
Alors qu’il a mis la classe politique dans un nouveau chaos en tentant de modifier l’ordre des élections pour favoriser son parti TGV, Andry Rajoelina subit un véritable examen de passage pour ce qui est de sa mission d’organiser les élections et de laquelle il s’est détourné pendant deux ans, tenté de rester au pouvoir durant et après une longue transition. L’attitude « moramora » du premier ministre agace le chef de la transition qui tente un dernier coup de Poker à l’ONU pour ne pas perdre la face aujourd’hui et le pouvoir demain. Déjà, il met la pression sur le gouvernement pour appeler les électeurs aux urnes le 08 mai 2013 pour élire... les députés. [1 Euro]
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31/01/2013 | 08:58:33
Leonardo Simao, the SADC’s leading mediator, of the SDC, recovered Madagascar among others in order to explain the recent conclusions reached by the Troika concerning the crisis settlement process in Madagascar. Andry Rajoelina and his political horde are straining to prevent President Marc Ravalomanana’s come back home before elections for the sake of securing victory. But everything seems to challenge them. [1 Euro]
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30/01/2013 | 10:18:38
The SADC’s envoy finally recovered the Great Isle and took the opportunity to meet with the transitional leader shortly after reaching the local international airport. Leonardo Simao subsequently tackled his series of consultations of the parties involved into the Malagasy crisis settlement and did not reveal anything worthy of attention concerning former president Marc Ravalomanana’s come back to home soil. [See]
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29/01/2013 | 13:30:11
As an outcome of its latest summit, the African Union took notice of the steps forward taken since the signature of the Roadmap back in September 2011 into the settlement of the process, and regretted the failure to capitalize all the terms of the signed Roadmap’s agreements, but did unfortunately not put any viable solution forth. The African Union merely regrets that some of the Roadmaps’ main points are still in expectation of an eluding completion. Part of these points is former president Marc Ravalomanana’s come back home. Another meeting will have to be organized in order to address these issues. The report produced by the African Union’s Peace and Security Council declared what follows: “more commitment to support from the African Union, in accordance with its duty within the context of Architecture for Peace and Security in Africa or APSA, is being considered as highly relevant by the SADC. The ICG-M and the CPS are intending to join into a meeting and address the suitable measures deemed to hasten the conclusion crisis settlement process in Madagascar.” In short, Madagascans will have to wait a little longer again. [See]
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28/01/2013 | 09:16:24
In a letter sent to Francis Golblatt, former Senator Eliane Naika, belonging to former president Marc Ravalomanana’s political sphere, declared that the new ambassador’s stated point concerning the Malagasy former president’s come back home does not make sense. The new ambassador of France granted a first interview to Malagasy journalists following the presentation of a copy of his credentials, and stated that Marc Ravalomanana should not return to Madagascar before the completion of the elections. Eliane Naika’s letter’s content now: [See]
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25/01/2013 | 09:27:54
Unlike the French, the Americans are rather pushing for the implementation of the crisis settlement Roadmap, namely for the "unconditional" return home right to be granted to every politically exiled. Marc Ravalomanana is supposed to step on home soil before the elections. The Deputy Secretary of State in charge of African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, sent a letter to President Andry Rajoelina to express the stand taken by the United States of America. The recent progress was noticed, and the withdrawal of the main wire pullers in the crisis from the incoming presidential elections, officially welcomed. The letter also declared that the partnership between the two countries will be renewed as soon as Madagascar recovers a truly democratic system. [See]
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24/01/2013 | 07:38:24
France’s new ambassador in Madagascar has officially appeared before Andry Rajoelina. Francois Goldblatt met with Pierrot Rajaonarivelo, the transitional foreign minister as a rehearsal shortly earlier and declared that Marc Ravalomanana should not be allowed back home before the elections for the sake of “the appeasement process.” [See]
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23/01/2013 | 09:25:53
The transitional leader sent al letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENIT) to ask for the legislative elections to be tackled before the presidential elections. The International Community already firmly opposed the idea, but still, Beatrice Atallah, the CENIT’s president, declared that her department would assess the point. The electoral calendar is expected to be ready and revealed within the next few days, for voters will officially have to be notified before February, 8th. The CENIT conceded that some technical issues do remain unsettled, for example the fact that 10% of all voters have no national identification card. Beatrice Atallah declared that this particular issue would not cause significant trouble to the elections as a whole. The presidential elections’ first round is basically supposed to take place on May, 8th, even if political and technical conditions are for the time being far from suitable to such a process [See]
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22/01/2013 | 09:28:26
In spite of an actually very much logical political disqualification, namely because of his military supported putsch in 2009, the young transitional leader of the TGV party pleases with believing to have been bested by overwhelmingly superior forces. His real truth about the events in Madagascar has always been failing to convince an International Community which would have allegedly made him a victim compelled to consent self sacrifice. Andry Rajoelina, just as so pretentious as usual, the self-proclaimed greatest African chief of state of all times, was able to avoid civil war and, renounced to power as no other patriot would ever do, the greatest builder the world has ever seen since ... King David. [1 Euro]
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22/01/2013 | 09:26:10
The TGV, the artist, the DJ is back, and will be back again in 2018. Rajoelina made a show of the announcement in Toamasina city of his presidential candidacy five years from now, while emphasizing an alleged self sacrifice consented by his good natured heart in spite of the pending easy one round victory in 2013. The head of the transition carried on with his propaganda campaign through populist speeches and parties with the youth. [1 Euro]
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22/01/2013 | 07:01:30
The head of the Transition, Andry Rajoelina, still keeps on tackling his series of inaugurations. And they are not likely to come to an end so early since the "manara penitra" hospitals are still under construction. Former president Marc Ravalomanana’s supporters are on this account pointing at the transitional leader for launching an early propaganda as a run up for Rajoelina’s TGV party’s more than likely participation in the incoming elections, could these elections ever take place in the current circumstances. [See]
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21/01/2013 | 12:54:21
Andry Rajoelina, the transitional leader, opened one new hospital, housing facilities erected as part of the “presidential projects” as well as the restored City Hall building in Toamasina. He decided to meet with the local population, and celebrate as per usual with much much party fun, music and dance. Andry Rajoelina also took the opportunity to announce his candidacy at the year 2018’s presidential elections. The transitional leader has finally given in to the International Community’s pressure and given up the idea of running and winning this year’s presidential race, and emulated his main political rival, former president Marc Ravalomanana [See]
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18/01/2013 | 09:57:02
Andry Rajoelina, the transitional leader, wanted the legislative elections to be completed before tackling the presidential election basically supposed to take place in May 2013 in Madagascar. He even announced his intention to alter the electoral calendar when he made pull out of the presidential race public. The International Community does not buy the point. The SADC’s latest officially stated stand emphasized that the electoral calendar is not to be altered any more. The presidential elections’ knock out round will have to come true on May 8th. It’s playoffs and the legislative elections will follow suit in July. The same statement addressed the amnesty to be granted to Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina, the main decision makers in the Malagasy political dispute, who both accepted to pull out of the incoming presidential race [See]
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16/01/2013 | 10:49:59
Parson Lala Rasendrahasina, the president of the FJKM Reformed Church was raided early at 01:00 a.m. on January, 16th at home in Ambatoroka. Four gunmen tricked the guards and broke into the pastor's house with handguns. They put their grip over some money, four computers, mobile phones and a handful of jewelry before hitting the road. Parson Lala Rasendrahasina declared to reporters that the raiders did neither bother to hide their faces nor make any secret of who commissioned them to launch this operation. Police officers and state policemen joined the scene of the crime afterwards when being alerted. Considering that the parson happens to be dear to the former President Marc Ravalomanana, some observers do hold this attack as nothing but politically motivated. Grievances have been being tense, and even more since Lala Rasendrahasina and Marc Ravalomanana respectively got reelected as president and vice-president of the FJKM reformed church. [See]
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16/01/2013 | 06:00:47
It was half a surprise, and a full one for his openly greedy supporters and political allies: Rajoelina’s latest show time was the quite emotionally cast announcement of his pull out of the presidential race supposed to take place in 2013. To save face, the young would be president who claimed the country’s leadership two years ago, decorated his speech with the good old national sovereignty again. On which account addressing such a value? Hard to explain. He has been undisputedly ruling his dictatorship without being elected, using tricks to extend his illegal mandate beyond transitional standards, playing a deaf ear to the international community for nearly two years. He is widely found wanting and yet, claims to be worthy of representing national sovereignty [1 Euro]
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15/01/2013 | 12:28:42
The census of Malagasy voters throughout the country is not over yet. The National Electoral Commission declared that 90% of the job is done. But, according to an assessment, national identification cards are missing for one million voters out of eight to ten millions. This does no good to the incoming elections’ credit, since the concerned citizens will not be allowed to vote, even though being legally registered. The ruling power has not enough money to turn the court processes required to provide these potential voters with national identification cards. Less than four months to the potential presidential deadline, the national electoral commission members are aware of the issue, but still the Commission’s president, Beatrice Atallah, does so far not want to hear about any likely postponement [See]
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14/01/2013 | 10:01:05
The transitional leader would prefer take his time and mull things carefully over in peace prior to making a decision about his potential presidential candidacy. That is, at least, what he tells to the marines! When returning from the SADC’s Troika’s meeting held in Dar Es Salaam, he argued that addressing the issue with those of his clique will prove necessary to turn out a final decision. Scores of observers do however believe that his clique is very much unlikely to allow Rajoelina’s pull out of the presidential race to happen. So, unless a surprise tips the scales, Andry Rajoelina remains firmly intending to run the presidential race, as displayed by his widespread seduction campaign tackled during the latest months as part of his electoral propaganda. In such a course, his outstanding achievements will have to stand before March 2nd, so that he opens them and show off, for he will have to resign a few days later in order to run the presidential race. [See]
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11/01/2013 | 07:24:00
Diplomats in charge in Antananarivo are beginning to react to the speech produced by Andry Rajoelina during the latest ceremony in Iavoloha with quite sharp criticism towards the International Community. A meeting took place at the United Nations’ Development Program’s headquarters in the capital city. Not a single shadow of a leak from this rather swift event could be captured. Meanwhile, the transitional leader was unexpectedly summoned by the SADC to join Dar Es Salaam, where the regional organization equally has its meeting. [See]
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10/01/2013 | 07:39:55
Because of the boasting speech produced during the latest ceremony held in Iavoloha, and serving at the transitional leader’s propaganda at best, the political circle and simple civilians have no more doubts about the fact that the young putsch maker will run the presidential race. He does not intend to give in. He might well no say it loud yet, but he actually does not need to. So, unless anything comes to turn the odds… [See]
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09/01/2013 | 11:29:37
The Palace of Iavoloha, the official wishes presentation ceremony, and an opportunity to address the current situation of the country’s political turmoil. This was basically not scheduled, but neither was the crisis, was it? So, politicians could not help rubbing it in. [See]
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08/01/2013 | 14:06:21
The reporter and photographer Nary Ravonjy gathered artists, athletes as well as ten of his fellow colleagues around him in order to push for “general forgiveness” as the solution expected to pave the way for a long term settlement of the political crisis which has been undermining the Great Isle’s life. This is not forcibly the easiest way to go, though. Any eventual success will require reconciliation between all of the political figures, all of the political spheres and groups involved into the settlement of the Malagasy crisis. Nary Ravonjy has been addressing a certain “reconciliation of mediators” for a couple of years so far. The various groups involved into the mediation process actually often happen to disagree and struggle to recover any common stand afterwards. He mentioned as examples the FFKM (the Federation of Christian Churches), the FINOANA association, the on going dispute between the civilian society’s CNOSC and AOSC groups and even Raymond Ranjeva’s Citizens Committee for Reconciliation…a string of groups and an even longer string of individual points happening to pledge the standstill to an already complicated mediation as it was [See]
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07/01/2013 | 06:52:31
The transitional leader completed his pilgrimage to Israel, first and foremost to get in contact with an Israeli private security agency. Now that the political situation is tense within the ruling power’s clique, these new ties between Andry Rajoelina and MER GROUP do create new causes for concerns for diplomatic bodies and Opposition members. [See]
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04/01/2013 | 20:05:06
The FREE FM radio station was keen on broadcasting its programs anew in January 2013. But another condemnation from the court spoils its plans. [See]
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02/01/2013 | 16:54:28
He celebrated the end of the year 2012 behind bars. Tangalamena Patrick Zakariasy received at least temporary release in the end. As for now, in the evening of January 2nd, he has however not yet left the penitentiary of Antanimora. Even though being technically speaking free, he will have to remain until his trial and that of the reporters cross examined by the same occasion, behind bars. [See]
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29/12/2012 | 12:07:06
The transitional leader’s close collaborators are ganging up on Omer Beriziky, the National Unity Prime Minister. They are longing for his straightaway removal, although his appointment as government chief was a result of the crisis settlement roadmap signed back in September 2011. In between, Omer Beriziky rather has his break in his home region, in the east of the island. [See]
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27/12/2012 | 11:03:39
Thirteen generals have been promoted as brigadier generals. Andre Ndriarijaona, the general joint chief of staff of the armed forces, is curiously not included into the list. [See]
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27/12/2012 | 08:28:19
In spite of growing and insistent claim for parity into senior positions in every political institution, Malagasy women still happen to make quite a small minority at the forefront of the national news. The year 2012’s moment of glory undoubtedly belongs to Beatrice Atallah, President of the transitional electoral commission CENIT. In 2012, a certain competition Rakotomavo vs. Rakotomavo developed as well between Lanto Rakotomavo, from the TGV sphere and Hanitra Rakotomavo, from the Ravalomanana sphere. [1 Euro]
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27/12/2012 | 08:26:37
The transitional leader stepped into Santa Claus’ boots and generously spoiled his friends for the army and the national state police department. 13 promotions to army major general and 18 other promotions to 18 new brigadier generals, it was literally raining stars from the X-mas pine tree. And for the second time in a row, the transitional ruling power's guardian angel, the very precious Richard Ravalomanana, got entitled to the lion’s share from Santa Claus. His case happens to be an evidence of the purely political nature of the appointments. [1 Euro]
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24/12/2012 | 20:01:03
For lack of any man who clearly and largely towered above the competition by the nature of his outstanding achievement during the year 2012, we have to make do with a chart of ten local figures who topped the headlines more often than the rest of us. The Dahalo Chief Remenabila cannot be part of the show, for crimes and violations of the law can obviously not be glorified as exemplary deeds. The floor belongs therefore to politicians, one trade business man, a member of the civil society, the HAT’s personal robocop, a diplomat, a sportsman and an artist. [1 Euro]
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24/12/2012 | 17:14:14
This year’s economic growth and bleak balance sheet proved worse than last year’s. It doesn’t matter much. Andry Rajoelina highlights his spectacular achievement in a quick look back in order to serve his personal and exclusive campaign for the presidential election. This handful of sparkles supposed to cover the widespread darkness is being financially supported by assets, origins of which remain a mystery to Prime Minister Berizky himself. For the first time, an unelected leader is allowed to decide on his own about State assets, and have an undisputed say concerning national expenditures. The few public investments vastly more served propaganda purposes rather than any public spirited program. [1 Euro]
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24/12/2012 | 17:12:28
No, he will not be France’s candidate and may no longer parade as its official minion. He is openly dejected by the United States of America and the SADC attempts to push him to the door. Will Andry Rajoelina curry favor with this certain number of BRIC States, interests of which have been all of a sudden awoken in Madagascar? On the national level, only political groups so far lacking elected figures took advantage from the transition and fiercely defended their putsch making savior in the name of national sovereignty. The question remains unanswered in 2012. Maybe he has the wanted answer in his mind. [1 Euro]
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21/12/2012 | 13:39:09
Omer Beriziky, the transitional government’s prime minister is keen on extending the electoral red list. Ruling Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina out of from the incoming elections is far from enough, according to his assessment. Five figures in all should remain on the bench away from the pitch, namely Marc Ravalomanana, Andry Rajoelina, Didier Ratsiraka, Albert Zafy and his own self, Omer Beriziky. He immediately emphasized that such a conclusion is merely his own personal point as simple citizen. In other words, the Prime Minister does not order anyone around. Definitely not. He merely openly addressed the issue with reporters [See]
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20/12/2012 | 10:16:42
Andry Rajoelina, the transitional leader officially called upon appeasement in the run of this particular issue. The charges held against Alain Ramaroson, transitional parliament member, are dropped. Hajo Andrianainarivelo, the transitional deputy prime minister and plaintiff in this case, declared to have been stunned by such a decision, held as unacceptable. “I was once summoned to join the national state police station, and I obliged” he said. Alain Ramaroson will not have to emulate though, considering that he called a cavalry of parliamentarians to the rescue while entrenching himself in his home. State policemen lifted the siege following the drop of all charges against him. Look back to what so far happened: Hajo Andrianainarivelo reported Alain Ramaroson to the police for threats and defamation following a allegation publicly produced by Alain Ramaroson about Nadine Ramaroson’s death, his niece [See]
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19/12/2012 | 16:45:45
A parliament member, although previously trialed and jailed for penal and non political offence, supports one of his owns on the way to follow in his footsteps. The latest warrant directed against Alain Ramaroson caused the rise of a wave of solidarity from several dozens of transitional parliament members. [See]
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18/12/2012 | 17:41:26
The local transitional leader joined Paris to meet with Laurent Fabius, the French Foreign Office Minister, supposed to emulate the Tanzanian Chief of State into trying to convince him to pull out of from the next incoming presidential race, hopefully with more success. A SADC led mission was basically bound to start this week in Antananarivo, and most likely on this account finally postponed. [See]
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17/12/2012 | 09:00:11
The brand new president of the Social Democratic Party has officially resigned during the party’s national congress ceremony currently held in Antsohihy. He openly addressed the growing hostility between the children left by the first republic’s former late president and party founder Philibert Tsiranana. Ruffine Tsirananana used to be the single supporter of Fetison Andrianirina’s leadership of the PSD party. All of the first republic’s heirs stood against him apart from her. “Going forward this way is not likely to pledge any success in our projects. The unity which I was expecting to inspire makes sense if and only if all of the Party’s militants, its heirs and its supporters are joining hands without distinction and march together. On this account, I hereby regretfully announce to the party’s leading office and to all of its members my resignation from the Social Democratic Party’s presidency” declared Fetison Andrianirina in the Congress’ opening ceremony’s speech. Ruffine Tsiranana, the PSD party’s acting Secretary General, did not oppose the decision and immediately accepted the resignation. Both figures have long been in contact with each other inside Marc Ravalomanana’s political sphere since the beginning of the crisis back in 2009 [See]
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16/12/2012 | 15:45:24
Bragging, defiance, little "declarations of war" ... the HAT leader’s string of reactions caused by the SADC’s Troika’s meeting’s outcome announced on December, 8th, 2012, is increasingly growing in radicalism. Andry Rajoelina has actually put his money on a massive, personal, exclusive and foregone propaganda in order to mock the regional organization ever attempted to support Marc Ravalomanana and his will to come back home in quality of presidential candidate. Things are now different, since the Tanzanian President Kikwete surprisingly convinced the exiled Malagasy president to give up his candidacy. Stunned by this latest and unexpected development, the year 2009’s putsch maker finds so far nothing better than hardening his stand in order to try to keep in control. [1 Euro]
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16/12/2012 | 15:43:03
As an outcome of the SADC’s Troika’s meeting held in Dar Es Salaam on December 8th, 2012, the regional organization in charge of the settlement of the Malagasy political crisis has for the first time stood a ground about the couple of main core issues, the frame of the enduring political tension in the country. Marc Ravalomanana is fully entitled to return to Madagascar just as every Malagasy exiled political figure, must get convinced of keeping away from running the next presidential race. His political opponent who lead the militarily supported putsch in 2009, namely the transitional leader Andry Rajoelina, will have to emulate though. [1 Euro]
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14/12/2012 | 06:59:44
The transitional leader will finally get a move on and travel to Dar Es Salaam. The Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete will be trying to renew his performance, and try to convince Andry Rajoelina to keep away from running the year 2013’s presidential race, just as Marc Ravalomanana decided for himself. [See]
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13/12/2012 | 07:09:28
Marc Ravalomananan declared his willingness to keep away from the year 2013’s presidential elections, and causes by the same way a wide variety of reactions. Some of the former president’s supporters do think that Ravalomanana has once again been fooled, while some others believe Ravalomanana to be giving in, most likely in expectation of a favor from the international community in exchange of such a decision. Such a favor would possibly be the authorization to recover Madagascar as early as possible. [See]
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12/12/2012 | 07:03:10
They may logically not be allowed to leave to desert their workplace, but the local detention faciliy personal actually does intend to give a piece of their mind. They are in for a meeting at the penitentiary of Antanimora; on schedule: the official composition of their demands [See]
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11/12/2012 | 14:42:03
The transitional leader Andry Rajoelina chose December, 11th , namely the second anniversary of his fourth republic, to officially open the Coliseum of Antsonjombe, a show space, erection of which was promised back in 2007, when he was still longing for the top of Antananarivo city council. [See]
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10/12/2012 | 07:13:22
The SADC’s extraordinary session called upon the former president Marc Ravalomanana to be allowed back home, while suggesting that both main political decision makers in this crisis keep away from running the incoming presidential elections. The proposal causes the stir. [See]
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07/12/2012 | 07:39:58
The transitional leader preferred to leave the stage in Dar Es Salam to a couple of his closest advisors. A meeting between Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana is basically meant to take place in Tanzania while the SADC is itself gathering in the country's Capital city, but the transitional leader rather sent his closest mentors, namely Norbert Ratsirahonana and Annick Rajaona in his own stead. They had a stopover in Nairobi, Kenya, and did not directly join Dar Es Salam as the other delegations did. [See]
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06/12/2012 | 11:31:11
The transitional leader Andry Rajoelina argued to have received no invitation to attend the SADC led next meeting in Tanzania with the former president Marc Ravalomanana, and does consequently not plan to get there at all. One more shot in the dark in the crisis settlement process, which mainly gravitates around both leading figures. As for Marc Ravalomanana, he and his closest advisors are already waiting in Tanzania, while the SADC’s troika addresses the Malagasy crisis related issue, among various other points, in the Capital city Dar Es Salaam. Tanzania would have willingly welcomed another head to head round of talks between both leading figures, a round which in the end, will fail from coming true at all. [See]
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05/12/2012 | 18:03:33
The VOT, the confederation of former President Marc Ravalomanana’s supporters, wrote a letter down to Fatma Samoura, the UNDP’s spokeswoman in charge on the Great Isle. The VOT shared its anger after the diplomat, caused by her willingness to closely cooperate with the transitional ruling power for the sake of turning any election out. [See]
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04/12/2012 | 12:51:51
The political staff led by Raymond Ranjeva, the former international judge previously serving in The Hague, produced a statement calling upon the need to erect a genuine Transition for the sake of putting an end to the current crisis in the country. According to the statement, “the current ruling power is definitely not able to settle the burning issues”. [See]
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04/12/2012 | 07:53:40
The ANTSIVA radio station has turned 18 years old on December 3rd. Its quite diversified audience took the occasion to congratulate its favorite radio station, which has been long playing, into the country’s political life, a role that can’t be played down. [See]
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30/11/2012 | 21:52:56
The HAT was keen on preventing any other declared candidate from making any self promoting move in order to clear the runway for Andry Rajoelina, failed however from thwarting the first official meeting held by and for Roland Ratsiraka in Antananarivo. In the run of erecting an Opposition, the former mayor of Toamasina offers real ideas and a decent vision of society front fundamentally different from that of the unelected leader too much willing to cover up his expired term on top of an illegal ruling power, his awful performance with non viable projects publicly and spectacularly launched to this end. [1 Euro]
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30/11/2012 | 12:40:49
Prince Zakariasy Patrick still remains behind bars. According to the tradition, he is part of his native land’s nobility, and according to modern standards, an engineer specialized in water and water resources management as well. On this latest account, his fellow engineers are now mobilizing for his sake. [See]
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29/11/2012 | 11:04:55
Foreign diplomats and Omer Beriziky, the transitional prime minister, met, and then agreed on the fact of providing an independent international investigation team with the opportunity to find out the truth about the situation prevailing in the South of Madagascar. [See]
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28/11/2012 | 07:17:01
Polarization in progress. Kaleta, transitional superior council member, suggested to the ruling power to let former president Marc Ravalomanana freely recover home soil. He is convinced that the settlement of this issue would remove the most major hurdle to the settlement of the whole political crisis in Madagascar [See]
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26/11/2012 | 17:36:26
Could the era of targeted raids be possibly beginning in Madagascar? that is the question. A former close advisor to the former president, Marc Ravalomanana, had his home raided by masked gunmen in the city's outskirts [See]
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25/11/2012 | 15:23:22
A SADC organization under pressure has the next say in the settlement of the crisis which has been engulfing Madagascar during the latest three years. In its name, the regional organization’s locally based Office reacted at once, although failing again from triggering any significant development in the crisis settlement process. Only one more call upon the leading parties to implement the entire Roadmap the way it is, was launched, and adds up to the list of all of the other shots in the dark. The shy call to order is more specifically and even exclusively directed at the HAT’s ruling power, constantly manipulating the poorly drafted agreement to its own liking in order to serve its own electoral ambition. [1 Euro]
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25/11/2012 | 15:22:08
The HAT’s ruling power frowns the eyebrows and passionately turns against those daring to point at its deeds. Disregarding the military operation, led in southern part of Madagascar, but stained with arbitrary executions, slaughters and violation of human rights, is not allowed. Amnesty International equally got its share of kick back. In spite of its worldwide reputation, the international organization is being labeled by the HAT a simple political instrument in the hands of the United States, the country that continuously denies recognition to the putsch originated ruling power. And now the SADC called Madagascar’s armed forces to "go easy" too. [1 Euro]
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23/11/2012 | 19:30:39
Louisette Raharimalala, former member of the Parliament, does not intend to mince her words when denouncing military abuses unfolding in the Island’s southern regions. And she actually did not in the run of her latest press conference. Former President Albert Zafy played the reinforcements, and dared the Transitional ruling power to hit the road for good. [See]
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22/11/2012 | 06:12:00
The in depth investigation of Zarkariasy Patrick’s case took place as expected on November 21st. Two reporters, namely Zo Rakotoseheno from the MIDI MADAGASIKARA group, and Rocco Rasoanaivo from LA NATION, developed their stand before the judge during a little longer than a hour. All they have to do now is waiting for the trial’s date. The incriminating press conference’s author, the Tangalamena born Zakariasy Patrick, remains where he now is, namely behind bars. His cross examination came true a few days prior to that of the mentioned reporters. As a reminder, a businessman closely connected to the transitional leader filled charges against Zakariasy Patrick, for having openly been pointed at as having his nose poked into the illegal rose international trade [See]
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21/11/2012 | 07:50:29
The Movement of Clerical Leaders and its parsons called upon believers to massively join a gathering on November, 24th in Antsahamanitra. Were scheduled: prayers for the nation, and the sharing of information. It was an occasion for the Hetsiky ny Mpitondra Fivavahana to recover the initiative. The movement’s parsons do keep on denouncing widespread injustice undermining the country’s development. The slaughter of civilians in the South was emphatically criticized, and the HMF even drew evidences out. The Movement of Clerical Leaders would like to bring simple citizens to react, get a move on, and do what they have to do as a consequence [See]
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20/11/2012 | 17:32:03
Nearly everything in Antananarivo is going mad, for urban transport companies went on strike. Less than half of their fleet kept on working on November 20th. The transportation companies gathered into the Trade Union of Urban Transportation Companies required the Director of the Land Transportation department to step down on the basis of conflict on interests. [See]
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19/11/2012 | 14:10:06
The Episcopal conference held during ten days produced a final statement which is not likely to be to the ruling transitional power’s liking at all. The former leaders and more particularly the currently empowered figures all got a piece of its mind. [See]
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16/11/2012 | 10:23:20
The charges held against four Malagasy reporters triggered the organization of a meeting at the Press Center on November 16th. Three of the concerned reporters attended it, namely Zo Rakotoseheno from MIDI MADAGASIKARA, Rocco Rasoanivo from LA NATION, and Herivonjy Rajaonah from GAZETIKO. All of them hold the latest swift judicial developments as an attempt to deter reactionary voices from speaking out. [See]
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15/11/2012 | 15:36:19
In the run of a press conference, the leaders of the Marc Ravalomanana sphere, led by Mamy Rakotoarivelo, have indicated that they will file charges against the police department’s leadership for libel and slanderous declarations. The State Police’s commander in chief actually did point at former President Marc Ravalomanana as well as at the farming minister, blaming them for the outbreak of violence related to cattle trade and disputes in the South. [See]
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14/11/2012 | 18:42:21
Prince Zakariasy is behind bars. The Tangalamena and Madagascar’s royal casts’ descents gathered on November 14th as an evidence of solidarity with him. The immediate release of Zakariasy Patrick was of course unanimously required by the congregation. [See]
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14/11/2012 | 06:27:02
Colonel Lylison and generals Radafy and Ravalomanana did not appear properly armed to deny accusations of "genocide" and "violation of human rights" perpetrated by security forces in the run of a guerrilla like war against the Dahalo. "Theories" recovered the front scene at the expenses of facts. These theories actually targeted one single enemy, namely Louisette Raharimalala, former member of the latest legal Parliament, who has just publicly denounced abuses in the south and openly blamed them on the armed forces. [1 Euro]
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14/11/2012 | 06:24:59
The special forces involved into the operation Tandroka recovered Antananarivo after a two months long mission which has not yet led to the arrest of Remenabila. Their comeback does not mean the complete restoration of security yet for the freed villages. Success was in no way complete. State police officers emphatically deny any of the arbitrary executions of suspects, a fact widely blamed on them. Thirty casualties inflicted upon a raiding force made of three hundred guns, is being held as a fair result. [1 Euro]
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13/11/2012 | 09:49:23
The State Police Commander in Chief, General Richard Ravalomanana, presented an overview of the military operation in the southern part of Madagascar. He reported 69 arrests, 27 casualties and 27 light weapons seized. Local sources mention however hundreds of casualties during the recent months. The Dahalo war chief Remenabila is still free. The report presented by the armed forces has very little in common with any other balance reported by various other sources. A parson serving in a southern region produced the following body count as an example: at least 80 villagers slaughtered in a single day by a search and destroy operation led by the army in October. On this account photos and reports have been sent to diplomatic bodies and international organizations. Amnesty International consequently called upon an independent investigation of the military operations in the southern part of Madagascar. [See]
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12/11/2012 | 19:27:16
The uncontrolled outbreak of violence from security forces in the war against Dahalo thieves and their families in the South has raised a large and growing wave of criticisms and concerns. Although the voices of citizens, civil society and local politicians standing in defiance of the regime have not been heard, the HAT cannot turn a deaf ear to Amnesty International. On the operation ground, the scorched earth strategy and arbitrary executions might bear any visible success, but still, the main objective is not achieved. War Chief Remenabila is still free. [1 Euro]
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12/11/2012 | 19:14:34
After a four years long term, including two years spent on top of a dictatorial transition rejected by a growing part of the Malagasy people and dejected by the international community from scratch, the leader of the HAT remains unsatisfied and still yearns to misuse democratic ways of doing in order to collect legitimacy for his putsch originated ruling power… with no one but his own self on top. [1 Euro]
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12/11/2012 | 19:11:16
One step forward then one step back and not a single sign of the decisive big jump; the international community’s commitment to support the electoral process in Madagascar with the current political situation is far from a done deal. The official announcement of the United States’ withdrawal was no good omen. Since the basket is struggling to get filled up, the Malagasy ruling counterpart announced its contribution amounting to some $ 30 million, mainly obtained by patching pieces to be collected from the year 2013’s local budget up. [1 Euro]
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12/11/2012 | 18:57:07
Zakariasy Patrick, official and native of the region of Toamasina, is from now on being held in custody at the state police station in Betongolo. His trial basically supposed to take place on Tuesday, November, 12th, then called off, is deemed to come true on November, 13th. [See]
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09/11/2012 | 08:02:53
Zo Rakotoseheno, the MIDI MADAGASIKARA newsgroup’s editor in chief, Rocco Rasoanaivo, President of the Reporters’ Trade Union and editor in chief of LA NATION, and Herivonjy Rajaonah, editor in chief of the newsgroup GAZETIKO, have all been summoned to join the state police station in Betongolo, as a consequence of a complaint lodged by Mamy Ravatomanga, a wealthy businessman held dear by the transitional leader Andry Rajoelina. [See]
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06/11/2012 | 07:19:44
RPG-7s are rocket propelled grenades mostly deemed to serve on armored tanks. Inside an opened letter addressed to the current ruling power, Monja Roindefo, the former transitional prime minister and acting president of the MONIMA political party, condemned the on going deployment of such heavy weaponry and its use against human beings. This native of the southern region of Madagascar openly calls upon Andry Rajoelina, the current transitional leader, to step down, as well as Omer Beriziky, the current transitional prime minister, to emulate. [See]
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31/10/2012 | 23:28:57
Who is interested in dropping some millions by financially supporting elections supposed to take place in 2013 in Madagascar, considering the current conditions? Certainly not the multilateral foreign finance support sources, let alone the major economic powers. The “basket fund” is struggling to get visits at all, even though the Electoral Cycle’s Support Project for Madagascar was signed. The UNDP’s spokeswoman called upon the international community which actually expects a concrete deal to capitalize prior to deciding anything. [1 Euro]
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31/10/2012 | 22:03:55
The HAT would like to silence the students’ growing wrath by dealing with it the hard way. Following a string of clashes between the EMMO REG squad and students in Toamasina, it’s now Antananarivo’s turn to be contaminated. The new CIRGN simply ordered the university’s immunity to be lifted… no, suppressed. Meanwhile the Finance department and the Superior Education ministry blame each other and keep on arguing about the issue’s main core: money. [1 Euro]
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31/10/2012 | 09:18:49
Clashes could not be avoided at the Capital city’s university between demonstrating students and police forces. The students require their scholarships to be paid. The police forces require these students to keep quiet, and consequently flexed muscles on the campus. Tear gas engulfed a classroom, and caused an injury as well as a loss of conscience, according to the university’s officials’ report [See]
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30/10/2012 | 17:12:12
Following a certain time out spent with playing a political low profile, the Clerical Leaders’ Movement led by a certain number of Protestant parsons organizes a opened prayer ceremony in Antsahamanitra, in order to open the public’s eye on the large scale injustice ruling the country. [See]
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29/10/2012 | 13:41:23
It has been a long time since the former president, currently held out in exile in South Africa, has spoken out to his supporters regularly joining the Magro square. Job done! On October 27th, Marc Ravalomanana called and emphasized his intention to run the incoming presidential election as a challenger. He added that nobody but he would let the day of his come back home be known. [See]
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26/10/2012 | 09:07:02
The Transitional Superior Council is currently in trouble. Some parliamentarians would like to drive the CST’ permanent Bureau members away. How possible such a procedure is, remains the greatest question in such an issue. [See]
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25/10/2012 | 10:37:22
The natives of Toamasina city, the island’s eastern harbor, massively went down to the street by the beginning of the week, and intend to do the same on Friday, October 26th, in order to denounce the transitional ruling power’s relatives’ abuses. The movement addresses social claims related to disputes about land lots and job suppression in the Ambatovy mining project, by the same way [See]
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25/10/2012 | 08:22:55
Courses take place, the daily business goes on, but everything is actually on the brink of collapse. Universities are literally dying down in Madagascar. Who’s to blame for this matter of fact? a powerless ruling power running short of money and good ideas to develop higher education any further; a long lasting crisis deeply affecting professors, administration staff and students. Violence takes over; clashes cause damage and casualties. Although the island’s six universities are on their way down, Andry Rajoelina campaigning for his presidential ambitions already announced the creation of a new university campus in Antsirabe. [1 Euro]
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25/10/2012 | 06:59:49
Antananarivo enjoyed quite a tense afternoon due to a quite second to none apocalyptic phenomenon .At 17 hours, the night fell like a black veil recovering the city. The wind and rain walked along with this unnatural eclipse spread terror in the streets. People were trying to return home as fast as humanly possible. The phenomenon was predictable, but the population has not been warned [1 Euro]
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24/10/2012 | 08:40:21
The transitional regime displays signs of bankruptcy in Madagascar. Public schools’ pupils may wave goodbye to their good old cantina from now on. One meal a day at school used to be quite a valuable support to them and to their education. The ministry in charge argues that cereal supplies have failed, and that the issue is likely to be settled within the next few months. [See]
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23/10/2012 | 22:38:43
The situation in the South of the Great Isle turns into a growing cause for concerns. Official reports carefully avoid accurate figures. Volunteers sent by the Civil Society registered some 175 casualties during the whole of September. [See]
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22/10/2012 | 17:33:49
The elections supposed to take place in Madagascar in 2013 will require some US$ 66 billions and not the basic US$ 71 billion. Small discount on the elections granted after a reassessment. Still, everything remains just as certain as before. Switzerland, Norway and the European Union promised some €15 million, and the United States have not yet declared anything. [See]
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19/10/2012 | 08:24:07
Mission accomplished for the SADC’s military mission after four intense days. Led by General Charles Mayunga, from Tanzania, the SADC’s envoys met with another sort of military tier, this time around the one disgraced by the putsch for having served under the former legal regime. Talks with the jailed military figures’ spokespersons were scheduled. [See]
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18/10/2012 | 13:37:37
The putsch originated crisis engulfing the country has been bringing everything but progress in scores of fields. The Human Development Index in Madagascar has gradually been going down during the latest years: 0.571 in 2008, then 0.484 in 2010, and 0.480 in 2011. Madagascar is finally part of the countries with the lowest HDI ever. [See]
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17/10/2012 | 15:47:26
The military delegation sent by the SADC led by General Trevor Meyer, from South Africa, and General Charles Jitenga from Tanzania, will have their first contact with the whole of the Malagasy army’s ruling tier including the national police forces‘ top command. Everything developed in the Colbert hotel’s big hall in Antaninarenina. The Malagasy headquarter was led by Lucien Rakotoarimasy, the transitional defense minister. The home security department’s leader, Arsene Rakotondrazaka, and every other military department commanders attended the meeting. The SADC’s mission addresses the security aspect for former President Marc Ravalomanana’s come back on home soil, politically pledged by the famous crisis settlement Roadmap signed in September 2011 and confirmed by the outcome of meetings of several SADC chiefs of state [See]
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16/10/2012 | 08:22:07
18 Officers led by two generals coming from different countries have tackled a five days long mission of theirs in the Malagasy capital city. These officers attached to the SADC will be assessing the security conditions in view of former president Marc Ravalomanana’s recovery of home soil [See]
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15/10/2012 | 10:10:57
The Mozambican mediator reached Antananarivo city on Sunday, October 14th. His mission will focus on assessing the implementation of the crisis settlement Roadmap. Leonardo Simao has yet already failed to put the country back on track in 2011. And his neutrality has already been challenged by the Opposition. [See]
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14/10/2012 | 13:39:05
The HAT leader does no more make any mystery of it and officially opened the hostilities. Everything began with his verbal act of defiance against the United States recommending that whoever linked to the year 2009’s putsch Madagascar should be kept away from the next elections. Next move: the candidate supposed to be out puts his best foot forward on the national TV channel by opening several projects, single purpose of which is to serve his electoral ambitions in several towns throughout the country. And looking down in advance on whoever would be attempted to criticize any of these sudden development projects deemed to buy votes was also on schedule. [1 Euro]
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14/10/2012 | 13:25:14
Although he was not directly involved in the year 2009’s military putsch, General Richard Ravalomanana has massively contributed into keeping Andry Rajoelina on top, and rewarded with this appointment as the national state police’s number one, even though he has to owe such a promotion to his predecessor’s early and unexpected mistake, which was basically not reckoned with during the transitional rule. [1 Euro]
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12/10/2012 | 10:36:36
The National Independent Electoral Commission’s agents are currently roaming through the streets and visiting homes in order to conduct their census of voters. They are in general more or less welcome but definitely not every time though. The National Independent Electoral Commission intends to complete this census within a month, proceed with updating electoral registers, and make them ready for the elections expected to take place in 2013. For the time being, political parties jointly push everyone aged more than 18 years old to join polling boxes. The census has however already suffered delays. The electoral calendar is so far being maintained, although everything, absolutely everything is up to the way political matters [See]
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11/10/2012 | 15:16:21
Military parade was scheduled early in the morning on October,11th. The official power transfer process in which general Richard Ravalomanana and general Bruno Razafindrakoto were casting, was completed in a Spartan ceremony, attended by the transitional leader. As chief of the Antananarivo province’s state police department, Richard Ravalomanana has being proving to be one of Andry Rajoelina most fervent and reliable supporters since 2009 inside the armed forces. General Richard Ravalomanana’s men have repeatedly and systematically cracked down on the Opposition’s public demonstrations in the capital city. His promotion as number one of the whole of the national state police can be held as an expression of gratitude from his boss, the transitional leader [See]
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09/10/2012 | 12:37:01
The Mozambican former Minister Leonardo Simao, was basically expected to join Antananarivo, but the trip was suddenly canceled and postponed. Scores of political groups actually got puzzled by this mission after the Mozambican mediator’s failure to bring any concrete step forward. Leonardo Simao does no more find favor with the main parties involved into the crisis in Madagascar. [See]
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08/10/2012 | 11:20:47
The soldiers supposed to secure Alain Ramaroson’s home were withdrawn by the ruling power. They were five. The ruling power equally withdrew nine other state police officers as well. Alain Ramaroson has from now on nothing left to rely on but his private security service. [See]
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05/10/2012 | 11:14:10
Some 300 soldiers headed to the South to take over from the fighting forces in action since a little longer than one month. The mission remains the same: fighting the Dahalo raids off, securing zebu flocks, putting their grip on Remenabila, the Dahalo hords’ main leader, definitely remaining a ghost in spite of the arrest of some of his relatives. Not even the substantial reward for his head proves enough to tipp the scales [See]
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04/10/2012 | 13:38:50
The Security Department’s number one at the Transitional Superior Council is increasingly falling out with the regime’s führer Andry Rajoelina. Alain Ramaroson used to be one of the putsch’s main masterminds by the beginning of 2009. Three years later, he is on the brink of joining the opposition’s ranks. The dispute originated from his niece’s death. Nadine Ramaroson was the transitional minister in charge of the Population Department and died when her boat tragically capsized in 2010. Alain Ramaroson remains firmly convinced that it was a murder, and progressively started to bother the ruling power. His home was recently searched as a response. The state police officials who used to support him were respectfully forced to step down, the latest of them being the national state police’s now former number one, namely general Bruno Razafindrakoto, famed for his close links to Alain Ramaroson. All of these events are components for a single one canvas. Tensions are in no way going down. Alain Ramaroson retaliates with a threat, namely unveiling highly inconvenient details about January, 26th 2009. On that day, several dozens of lives were claimed by strife and lootings as Andry Rajoelina was spurring on mobs on the capital city’s streets. To be continued. [See]
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03/10/2012 | 19:56:40
The national state police’s former number one, general Bruno Razafindrakoto has been replaced by general Richard Ravalomanana. So decided a transitional cabinet meeting. For the sake of keeping up the appearances, General Bruno Razafindrakoto was appointed as State Police’s General Inspector, and not exposed to any embarrassing and brutal dismissal. [See]
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02/10/2012 | 16:54:30
The police forces still appear quite reluctant to confirm the information. The political opposition keeps on confirming that five policemen would have been shot dead by Dahalo militiamen in Betroka, in the southern part of the country, in the run of the special forces’ latest large scale search and destroy operation. Inside the Magro square, during a meeting with Marc Ravalomanana’s supporters, Manoela, the passionate animator coming from the South, did not mince his words. “the ruling power will never concede that police officers keep on dying” he said. [See]
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01/10/2012 | 17:25:31
The preparation committee appointed the 44 members of the National Reconciliation Council, locally named Filankevitry ny Fampihavanana Malagasy (FFM). Some names are famed across the island, for example the parson Ramino Paul, Nestor Razafindramanitra and Lalao Randriamampionona. Observers are however not optimistic for so much. Many attempts to settle the political crisis engulfing Madagascar have repeatedly fallen through. Even former president Albert Zafy, who has been advocating national reconciliation for the latest decade in Madagascar, got cast aside from the crisis settlement process. This front stage was granted to three groups from the civil society: the Finoana, the Raiamandreny Mijoro and the CNOSC [See]
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30/09/2012 | 22:04:20
In front of the UN general assembly, Andry Rajoelina appeared first and foremost prone to put the best possible personal foot forward by depicting an idyllic picture of the social, political and economic disaster which has been engulfing Madagascar since his putsch casted in 2009. He indeed challenged President Obama’s United States of America, who stand against presidential candidacy right to be granted to figures linked to the three years old putsch. Good day for the Opposition, which renews this week its pressure over the SADC’s Troika, expected to meet very soon. [1 Euro]
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29/09/2012 | 15:39:43
September 2011 - September 2012, one year ago, the self proclaimed president promised to draw Madagascar out of from the crisis created by the unconstitutional government change, in short his putsch in 2009. The HAT plays a deaf ear to the crisis settlement roadmap and the year 2013’s elections, expected to make its rule legitimate, are already dropping in credit. [1 Euro]
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28/09/2012 | 08:22:20
federalistic groups are in for a National Conference to be held in Antananarivo. Participants joined from all of Madgascar's 22 regions and agree without exception upon one major point: Andry Rajoelina and his clique have to leave. [See]
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27/09/2012 | 15:57:13
The HAT recently focused on three basically non political events, a couple of them namely organized by the Catholic and Lutheran churches’ youth groups and the third one by the FJKM church. Andry Rajoelina will also have to convince confessions to vote for him and proclaims himself as champion of the Catholics. The opened electoral battle with the Protestant Marc Ravalomanana is not wanted for so much though. His likely challenger in 2013 will be Parson Mailhol, the future winner, according to one of his “prophecies”. [1 Euro]
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26/09/2012 | 12:31:17
The electoral calendar is likely to suffer changes. The transitional Independent National Electoral Commission cannot hold the money it requires to organize any election next year for granted. [See]
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24/09/2012 | 22:04:08
At least 34 village chiefs have resigned in the southern part of the country, namely in the commune of Iakora, in the Ihorombe region. For lack of security, these district chiefs had rather leave their positions. [See]
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21/09/2012 | 10:52:50
The transitional leader was allowed to leave the country in the evening of September 20th to attend the United Nations’ General Assembly. The United States have been denying him entry to the eleventh hour, since the transitional leader wanted to meet in Washington D.C. the few parliamentarians part of the Congressional Black Caucus group supporting him. The United States did not contribute to make it easy at all. Not a single one of his delegation members was allowed to enter the US territory. As for Andry Rajoelina himself, he has no right to enter a 40 m² wide square surrounding the United Nations’ building… and would do well not to lightly dare the odds [See]
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20/09/2012 | 10:12:40
Randriamamiarizafy Ignace, a parliamentarian from the MFM political party, revealed the scoop to the former president’s supporters gathered inside the Magro square. According to a pole ordered by foreign diplomats and secretly carried out throughout the isle, Marc Ravalomanana is likely to make a score of 60% [See]
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19/09/2012 | 09:05:36
The northern part of the Great Isle has been producing cacao for several decades. The production is now being threatened by the lack of security which has been denting the country for a while so far. The police forces cannot cope to secure far too wide fields scattered in the forest so producers’ concerns are growing. Madagascar’s cacao quality is famed across Europe and the United States of America to which the cacao is being transformed. One part of the production is also industrially transformed here by Madagascan companies. Producers’ turnovers are actually going down due to the outbreak of robberies committed during the night. [See]
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18/09/2012 | 08:33:12
He has long been talking about a “national healing process” or about a “new neutral and technically oriented Transition”, of course not the liking of the High Authority of Transition, since such a project hints the removal of the HAT members from power. Raymond Ranjeva does not give in anyway. “Such a new Transition will have to be imposed”, he declared [See]
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17/09/2012 | 18:09:04
Political break is over in Madagascar. The opposition front members and the striking trade unions have been insistently addressing the transitional ruling power for months, and now get ready to renew their public movement. [See]
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14/09/2012 | 12:01:00
A diplomatic notice basically supposed to remain confidential was made public worldwide over the internet and the newspapers in Antananarivo by a leak. The concerned notice addresses the “neutralization of Marc Ravalomanana”, as well as “the country’s defense system weakening program”. European parliamentarians have officially been put in the picture about this notice. The original stir is turning into a certain concern, which is itself somehow reviving anti-french tensions within one part of the Malagasy population [See]
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13/09/2012 | 12:40:56
Propaganda again or a real move up against the evil? Andry Rajoelina has at least made an effort and addressed the issue related to the surge of "Malaso" raids after zebus in the southern part of Madagascar. The transitional leader entrusted “his man” and head of his special forces, the mission to tackle the issue in the district of Betroka. The future presidential candidate has to face up to criticism for his lack of care and efficiency. What’s left of his credibility is at stake in this one game. [1 Euro]
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13/09/2012 | 09:13:23
For having been anyhow connected with the BANI base camp related mutiny, General Heriniaina Raolina and Noel Rakotonandrasana got forced out into retirement as a consequence of military led investigation. Both generals have been staying behind bars since 2010, and might remain where they are for a little longer, unless a massive political blow changes the odds. [See]
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12/09/2012 | 11:15:26
In the run of his visit in Betroka, in the southern part of Madagascar, the transitional leader officially presented the special squad led by his Colonel Lylison Rene, namely a special squad made of 200 men. Andry Rajoelina equally declared that they would be supported by helicopters and motorbikes. No one can say, whether they would ever successfully put an end to terror in the South or not. Casualties and collateral damages may however be duly expected and not in small number. [See]
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11/09/2012 | 10:01:08
Several hundreds of soldiers, including special forces units joined the southern part of Madagascar. Their mission: looking after Andry Rajoelina’s security, for the transitional leader calls in at the regional hotspots. [See]
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10/09/2012 | 10:30:41
Madagascar’s Lutheran Church’s great synod will come to an end this week. The Church’s new president’s name will be revealed before Friday, September 14th. From September 4th on, some 400 members of the Lutheran church have been taking part into the synode taking place in Toliara, in the southern part of the country. Just like the FJKM reformed church, politics poked their noses where they were not supposed to have a say. [See]
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08/09/2012 | 16:28:04
The transitional leader tries to curry favor from young catholic voters by attending the official celebration of the World Day of Youth in Antsiranana, in the North of the country on Friday, September 7th. [See]
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07/09/2012 | 14:04:11
The TIM party’s dissidents appeared desperate when Marc Ravalomanana recovered his position on top of the party founded by his own self in 2001. Raharinaivo Andrianantoandro & co. decided to swap sides and give in to the HAT in 2010, and fight for gaining the party’s leadership. The TIM party actually suffered division a couple of years ago when some of its members decided to support Andry Rajoelina while all the others were keeping on militating inside the various Magro squares. Marc Ravalomanana let his intention to recover the party’s leadership be known, now that he is no more chief of state. A national congress will have to make the final decision about it. The traitors forming the party’s dissident wing are the single ones to oppose the former president’s plans [See]
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05/09/2012 | 22:45:05
The Defence Minister and his staff recovered the operation field and the front lines, as a matter of publicly displaying commitment to save the appearance in spite of the armed forces’ multiple setbacks against Remenabila’s warfare. The army suffered casualties and the locals were forced to fight for their own life on their own in the South. The army’s high-level of incompetence has taken its toll in human lives. [1 Euro]
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05/09/2012 | 22:43:12
Security withered from the country’s southern part. Is it a social or rather a political issue? The police forces struggle to restore public order and skirts around the issue with speeches over an alleged destabilization maneuver. How little the resistance offered by the armed forces in order to protect people is an opened secret. Villagers have taken charge, in other words,the rule of law has made place for self-justice… in the South [1 Euro]
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05/09/2012 | 09:56:33
One hundred suspected thieves were massacred by villagers in the southern part Madagascar depredated during the latest months by the "dahalo” militia. Live images from the south are showing dead bodies stained with blood littering the ground. A simple accusation proves enough to get stoned down to death or swiftly beheaded. And the honorable transition leaders lose control over the situation. The Dahalo equally rise the tone and correspondingly retaliate against the army… a growing major concern for political leaders, and even more for the major part of the population. [See]
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31/08/2012 | 20:22:26
Marc Ravalomanana’s supporters usually gathered on a daily basis inside the Magro square, are now on their guard. Demonstration leaders declared that the ruling power would do what it would take to crackdown on the daily movement. [See]
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31/08/2012 | 13:56:33
Grève à la Jirama pour dénoncer la décentralisation et la probable privatisation des réseaux de distribution d’eau à Antananarivo, hausse incontrôlée des carburants auprès de certains distributeurs, reprise timide de l’exportation du riz, tels sont les évènements qui ont fait l’actualité économique à Madagascar au mois d’aout 2012. [1 Euro]
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30/08/2012 | 11:19:07
The CENIT, the national electoral commission needs some 142 billions (about 50 millions of euros) to organize the year 2013’s elections in Madagascar. The commission expects support of that kind from the country’s international financial backers, who also have their own conditions. [See]
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28/08/2012 | 10:16:03
Fuel supplying companies like SHELL and TOTAL rose their prices. The High Authority of Transitional grumbles against the decision, which it holds as unilateral. More than anyone else, he must know what it is talking about. The ruling power used to pressure fuel supplying companies so that consuming fuel prices do not rise during the current critical economic and political situation. The situation in question has been lasting longer than three years. [See]
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27/08/2012 | 21:06:47
The SADC’s assessment team has been completing quite a discreet mission in Madagascar, haven’t they? They have been assessing by stealth security conditions for former president Marc Ravalomanana’s incoming comeback home. And they did their job quite unnoticed [See]
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24/08/2012 | 11:52:10
A new group of reporters caught sight of the sunlight in the Malagasy capital city, namely the Union of Malagasy Journalists for Human Rights (local UJMDH). Its general assembly agreed on an official statute and elected Mrs. Matavimana Ravao Georgine, reporter for the Malagasy national TV channel (TVM) as first president of the UJMDH. She is equally Pilaza Joreh, the current general secretary at the transitional communication ministry. The UJMDH expects close cooperation with the other associations pushing for the respect and the defense of human rights in Madagascar. Theodor Ernest, reporter for the ACEEM radio channel, was elected as the new group’s vice president [See]
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23/08/2012 | 20:25:56
The technical staff sent by the Confederation of Christian Churches in Madagascar (locally called FFKM) keeps on working its mediation process out for the sake of contributing to put an end to the Malagasy political crisis. The FFKM got into contact with the SADC’s office in Madagascar to this end. The regional organization is in for supporting the incoming FFKM led mediation. But now that Parson Lala Rasendrahasina and Marc Ravalomanana legally recovered their previous positions on top of the FJKM, this mediation process might be more complicated than basically expected. [1 Euro]
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22/08/2012 | 21:22:50
The Ravalomanana political sphere is back into the transitional institutions again. The decision came from its leader in reaction to the progress noticed at the Summit of the SADC’s Troika held in Maputo. In spite of Andry Rajoelina’s triumphal claims about being the single one to decide of who will run the elections or not, the exiled president Marc Ravalomanana remains confident about the outcome of the mediation and about the crisis settlement process. His return back home and his candidacy at the next election are underway. [1 Euro]
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22/08/2012 | 19:33:23
This is a blow in the rule of the art for the leadership of the High Authority of Transition. They wanted to rule Parson Lala Rasendrahasina and former president, Marc Ravalomanana, out of from the management of the FJKM Protestant church, but... dead duck! Zet, considering their efforts, Andry Rajoelina’s henchmen cannot be blamed for the failure. [See]
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21/08/2012 | 18:13:02
The court decided. Three suspects having attempted to murder the transitional leader Andry Rajoelina, by the use of sorcery, have all been released. The local DST (the ruling power’s secret services) arrested them three months ago. Willy Razafinjatovo, alias Olala, the suspects’ lawyer, pointed at an alleged manipulation since his clients revealed in court that they were forced by DST agents to incriminate the Transitional Prime Minister Omer Beriziky. [See]
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20/08/2012 | 13:48:48
The Protestant Church Union’s great synod held in Manakara has been being tackled for a few days so far. The election of the union’s office’s new member began on Monday, August, 20th. The identity of new president of the church will be known as a conclusion to the on-going synod on August 22th. [See]
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20/08/2012 | 11:55:52
The statement produced by the SADC on August 17th, 2012 as an outcome of the Troika’s summit held in Maputo did not meet the expectations. The situation would however be different, according to Andry Rajoelina’s reports, the transitional leader. Elections will be the solution. But loads of issues will have to be settled prior to that. Not the least of them all are Marc Ravalomanana’s safe recovery of home soil and his candidacy. [1 Euro]
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17/08/2012 | 11:24:18
For the fourth time in a row, the Malagasy crisis is being addressed in Maputo, the Mozambican capital city. Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana are currently in Maputo city, presenting their respective stands before the mediation and the SADC’s troika members. The SADC’s chief of states’ summit will assess the situation, decide and render its verdict at the end of the meeting on August 17th and 18th. Everyone concerned by this crisis focuses on the events developing in the Mozambican capital city. It would seem like every Malagasy were enduring four years of crisis merely for the sake of waiting for the regional organization to take a stand [See]
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15/08/2012 | 11:36:12
Antsiranana succeeded in capturing the spotlight on various accounts. The DIANA region’s economic operators’ and regional politicians’ concerns about rosewood cargos and the SECREN company alarming decline were heard, namely by Transitional Prime Minister Omer Beriziky and some ministers of his transitional government who accepted to address the issue in a short session in the run of their visit. [1 Euro]
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14/08/2012 | 20:34:48
Marius Fransman’s umpteenth mission has not brought much significant changes. The SADC’s optimistic assessment of its mediation’s achievements is not forcibly widely shared. It presumably tried to reduce the equation’s complexity to a matter of a couple of variables, however in vain. The Malagasy crisis is increasingly puts down roots. For lack of will to comply from the Malagasy, the International Community is likely to be compelled to take a stand and impose a decision, or eventually sanctions. [1 Euro]
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14/08/2012 | 18:47:11
At least some 350 people are actually being expected to attend the FJKM Protestant Church’s general Synod deemed to take place from August, 15th to August, 22nd in Manakara, in the south eastern part of the country. The synod stirs this time around quite a lot of attention due to the island’s second to none political turmoil. The Church’s very ruling stratum will actually be reshuffled by his synod. [See]
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13/08/2012 | 19:20:38
The capital city’s professors, students and staff firmly reconfirmed their claims in the run of a gathering. Professors are actually still running after the implementation of a decree basically supposed to insure them more privileges. [See]
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12/08/2012 | 16:31:57
Andry Rajoelina has since 2009 been actually having nothing concrete to rely on but the armed forces’ top command. The SADC’s troika delegation led by the South African Vice Minister Marius Fransman completed its latest tour of talks in Antananarivo with a five hours long meeting with the army’s leading cast. [See]
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10/08/2012 | 18:58:20
The SADC’s Troika delegation led by Marius Fransman, South African Vice Minister, vehemently strains to inspire reconciliation in Madagascar in spite of the latest failure of key talks in the Seychelles. No agreement was reached by the main decision makers in this crisis, but still, Marius Fransman conscientiously keeps going on. [See]
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09/08/2012 | 21:17:16
It’s a disaster. The second round of talks held between Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina did not lay any resolution, let alone a solution to the Malagasy political crisis. A deal between the main opposing wire pullers in this political dispute is just as possible as a deal between heaven and hell. They can’t agree on the former president’s political fate. Andry Rajoelina has no choice any more. He will rely on the local electoral commission’s calendar and move forward, unilaterally if need be, whatever it would cost the nation. [1 Euro]
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08/08/2012 | 21:07:46
Arthur Rabefihavanana, outlaw accused of cattle theft and multiple homicides, is finally being wanted dead or alive. The national armed forces, which have been proving to be completely incompetent in trying to put their grip on him, now decide to let money and greed to the job they thwarted. Who will get the jackpot for capturing the great Dahalo war chief? Professional head hunters did not volunteer for the task; mere groups of courageous locals are in for completing a mission thoroughly missed by the army. Pushing civilians to take the law into their own hands and turning a blind eye on the risk of civil war in the south happen to be absolutely irresponsible, do they? [1 Euro]
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07/08/2012 | 18:37:09
The FREE FM radio station’s couple of reporters wanted by the ruling power, dead or alive, remains out of reach. They have been hiding for weeks. Their station was shut down by the ruling power in the run of the mutiny attempt led by paratroopers on July 22nd. [See]
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06/08/2012 | 18:15:20
The never ending Malagasy political crisis goes on. The couple of main decision makers are in for another round of talks, the second one, in the Seychelles islands. They are deemed to meet on August 8th. The average Joe back home has however long lost any good prospect. [See]
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03/08/2012 | 15:26:20
In the run of a religious ceremony held at the military chapel of Ampahibe, in Antananarivo, the MFM party celebrated its foundation’s fortieth anniversary. Forty years after the year 1972’s popular movement, Manandafy & Co. are still in the race. The MFM is currently part of the Marc Ravalomanana political sphere. The party has been opposing since early 2009 the young putsch maker Rajoelina, and was rewarded by the ruling power with the arrest of its leader in the same year and detention in Mantasoa. [See]
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02/08/2012 | 21:20:46
Ideal conditions might not be pledged at all, but the deadline is at least expected to be met. The local transitional electoral commission, the CENIT, provided one date, and not a shadow of certitude, for everything is up to the eluding political deal between the main bosses in this crisis. Madagascans “would eventually” cast votes on May, 8th 2013, “potentially” elect a president, and equally address legislative elections at the same, as a second to none event, unless a “first round dia vita” decides about victory. [1 Euro]
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02/08/2012 | 11:51:06
A department dedicated to hotel business will soon be granted to the University of Toamasina, in Madagascar’s eastern region. The partnership deal was freshly signed to this end between the National Institute for Tourism and Catering International Services. The project is aiming first and foremost at enhancing professional skills and services in the island’s eastern part, which host coastal regions and beaches happening to be the closest to Antananarivo, the capital city. Madagascar’s eastern coast operates like a magnet for quite a few foreigners and thousands of local tourists every year, particularly during school holiday time, namely from July to September [See]
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01/08/2012 | 15:24:31
For the sake of avoiding the international community’s criticisms, the Independent National Electoral Commission has held the UN experts’ advices in account. The Malagasy elections would take place in 2013. The presidential election’s first round is supposed to be taking place on May 8th, 2013. The second round, together with the legislative elections would be held on July 3rd. Local communal elections will follow suit on Oct. 23rd, 2013. So did the CENI decide after three days spent addressing the issue in the outskirts of the Madagascan capital city. The calendar remains however quite theoretical as long as the main disputing parties in the Malagasy political crisis do not reach anything like a deal. [See]
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31/07/2012 | 12:55:19
The manhunt after gang leader Remenabila is not over in the southern part of Madagascar. At least seven villages were burnt to the ground in the run of the violent military operation but the wanted man can’t be found. Earlier this week, another state policeman was shot dead by dahalo, and lootings and cattle collection have no end any more… countrywide. [See]
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30/07/2012 | 16:21:36
Comments on the incident when returning missed Lalao Ravalomanana in Madagascar do keep on feeding speculations. As well, the political class keeps on commenting about the on going negotiation process between the former president, Marc Ravalomanana, and the current head of the transition, Andry Rajoelina. Rajoelina must leave his throne once for all if negotiations ever fail, declared Guy Maxime Ralaiseheno, transitional congressman and member of the Ravalomanana sphere. [See]
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30/07/2012 | 14:32:51
In his speech which denounced the ruling power’s abuses, its violation of human rights and the illegal use of violence against his wife and his daughter in law, President Marc Ravalomanana equally recalled how pressing the need to find a political solution to the Malagasy crisis remains, and finally renewed his confidence into the SADC’s mediation and arbitration. After having denounced the blockade caused by transitional ruling power’s violation of the roadmap, the former president finally evoked a potential amendment. [1 Euro]
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27/07/2012 | 17:46:14
The former first lady reached the airport of Ivato together with Gergana Ravalomanana, Josoa Ravalomanana’s wife. Both ladies have been immediately driven away by police officers devoted to the transitional regime on no account. They were entitled to the first available flight to Bangkok. Lalao Ravalonanana merely got a handful of minutes to small talks with figures from the Ravalomanana political sphere. [See]
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27/07/2012 | 09:01:58
Ten villages have been burnt down in the South of Madagascar in the run of the military operation targeting the outlaw Remenabila. The majority of these villages were set alight by the armed forces for being suspecting of supporting the insurgency. When the green machine pulled back, the affected villagers retaliated by burning other villages serving the army as bases, for the sake of giving a piece of their mind. [See]
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26/07/2012 | 11:13:08
Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina have both left the Seychelles, on which the SADC organized head to head talks. Negotiations related to the implementation of the roadmap came to an end and obviously proved nearly impossible, for common ground between both main leaders in the Malagasy crisis used to be nonsense from scratch. James Michel, the islands’ President and the meeting’s host brilliantly contributed to this attempt to reconcile both adversaries. Jacob Zuma, President of South Africa, equally travelled to the Seychelles in order to provide his “support” to the process, according to his own say in a message over Twitter [See]
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25/07/2012 | 10:46:59
Political observers have been noticing an unusual complacency between Andry Rajoelina’s clique and Marius Fransman, South African vice minister and the current SADC mediator, during the latest months. He has recently joined the Seychelles to mediate talks between the main wire pullers in this Malagasy political crisis, to the Rajoelina supportive newsgroups’ unexpected liking. All the other ones merely reported the fact quite neutrally. A mere coincidence? [See]
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24/07/2012 | 15:09:06
The Free Fm radio station has been remaining quiet since Sunday evening, as military forces stormed the main broadcasting antenna’s facilities in Ambohimitsimbina, in the run of the military operation directed against the rebelling paratroopers in Ivato on July 22nd. Free Fm actually broadcasted the rebels’ message, and was consequently suspected of supporting the rebellion. Free Fm’s reporters Lalatiana Rakotondrazafy and Fidele Razara Pierre launched an SOS and described the transitional ruling power’s rule as persecution based. Free Fm has long been sharply criticizing transitional leaders, particularly Andry Rajoelina. No wonder, that the threatened regime did not miss the opportunity to silence the inconvenient channel, could the occasion arise. [See]
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24/07/2012 | 15:00:14
The Malagasy armed forces carefully keeps on keeping details secret concerning the corporal Kotomainty’s death circumstances. He, who lead a paratroopers’ uprising attempt and entrenched himself inside his own captured base camp on July, 22nd, would have been executed when entering the military hospital’s emergency department, according to independent sources. The army itself did not confirm the information, did however not emphatically deny it either. Reporters having attended the scene witnessed a Corporal Black being taken away, wounded but quite alive. He could logically not have fallen earlier during the shootout. His death was however announced by army officials on the national TV channel waves as a direct result of Sunday’s clashes. Further details are definitely not revealed by the armed forces. [See]
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22/07/2012 | 22:34:04
The mutiny in Ivato did not develop long enough to lead to any successful putsch attempt. Clashes took place inside the intervention forces’ base camp, and caused casualties to the rebel as well as to the government forces, on Sunday, July 22nd, 2012. The order was restored in the evening. Four victims were recorded. [1 Euro]
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20/07/2012 | 16:58:20
They confirmed it in the Magro square, in which the former president’s supporters gather nearly on a daily basis. The main wire pullers in this political crisis are going to meet next week in the Seychelles, on Tuesday, July 24th. [See]
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19/07/2012 | 20:28:05
The former Malagasy president would be trialed in South Africa in the case of February 7th. Merely a way to deflect the attention according to the Ravalomanana sphere’s Benja Andriamihanta. [See]
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18/07/2012 | 19:08:45
War seems definitely declared between the unions of Malagasy civil servants and leaders of the Transition. The unions’ wrath was caused by the Andry Rajoelina’s threat to suspend the striking workers’ wages and, if need be, to fire them. [See]
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17/07/2012 | 14:43:24
The leader of the transition, Andry Rajoelina, no longer makes a secret of his anger towards the striking civil servants. The threat of depriving them from wages did not work as expected; stubborn workers are now threatened of being fired once for all [See]
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16/07/2012 | 21:30:16
SADC raised the tone and finally imposed an ultimatum to Rajoelina. He and Ravalomanana must reach an agreement and put an end to the Malagasy political crisis. This can only come true through talks that will have to take place before July 31st. The ultimatum is definitely addressing the leader of the transition more than willing to skirt around this painful showdown, in spite of having given its word [1 Euro]
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16/07/2012 | 18:53:44
The law draft Nb. 015/2012 concerning the upcoming presidential election was voted by the transitional parliament and "unilaterally" passed by Rajoelina and his allies. It includes some articles supposed to prevent the exiled president Marc Ravalomanana from running the elections, whereas show candidates definitely unable to challenge Rajoelina will simply be hindered by charges amounting to 50 million Ariary. [1 Euro]
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16/07/2012 | 18:34:40
The contingent sent to hunt down the ringleader Remenabila through the southern part of Madagascar did manage to get hold of the man who attacked and murdered dozens of police forces. The military operation has yet caused collateral damage. [See]
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13/07/2012 | 08:59:48
Leaders of the ongoing strikes are considered like criminals by the High Authority of Transition, as a matter of fact. Union leaders are actually being ordered to join the police station and charged with crime against state security. These are leaders in the trade unions of practitioners and paramedics. These unions have been striking for a short while so far. [See]
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13/07/2012 | 08:47:59
The Presidency of the High Authority of Transition boils up. The Homeland Security’s boss, superintendent Charly Nakany, was sacked and replaced by his deputy, the superintendent Harison Olivier. This department serving the controversial presidency served as political police, duty of which was the protection of Andry Rajoelina and his senior staff. [See]
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10/07/2012 | 12:38:54
The various strikes triggered by various trade unions do intensely annoy the transitional power. Union leaders declared that they would have got entitled to death threats along the latest days. [See]
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09/07/2012 | 17:38:58
Civil servants’ unions and their ministerial crisis time cell are firmly intending to launch a general strike on July 11th. On this very day, a leader of the paramedics’ union is equally supposed to be trialed. Valerien Rakotonandrasana was arrested by the police forces one week earlier, held in custody and then temporarily released. [See]
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08/07/2012 | 23:10:44
Madagascar won the year 2012’s Rugby African Cup of Nations in the Group 1B. Led by a valiant captain Jose, the XV Makis found their way to victory against the year 2011’s world class namibian Welwitchias. After quite a long tense and undecided period, the Malagasy players won in extra time by 57 to 54 for the pleasure of the whole stadium, and the pride of a whole country. [1 Euro]
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07/07/2012 | 22:06:22
Back from his latest tour in Europe, Prime Minister Omer Beriziky announced that the European direct financial support dedicated to Madagascar would partly be granted. The concerned support will be granted at the first sign of recovery of constitutional order in Madagascar. [1 Euro]
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06/07/2012 | 15:16:39
Some political groups and some foreign diplomats do suggest a presidential race without Ravalomanana and without Rajoelina as the solution to the Malagasy crisis. Professor Raymond Ranjeva thinks different. As far as he is concerned, both decision makers must be forced to run the upcoming presidential election and let the nation decide. The former juge of the international court of the Hague compares the current political conflict in Madagascar to a football match. Raymond Ranjeva believes that the time to proceed with penalty kick out has come. [See]
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06/07/2012 | 15:02:23
Their visit may not specifically be focusing on the Madagascan crisis, but some members of U.S. American Congress spending this weekend in Madagascar are quite likely to address the issue. Their mission concerns first and foremost the program aimed at strengthening parliamentary cooperation between both nations. Meetings namely with the local transitional congress’ President as well as with the formal national unity Prime Minister, Omer Beriziky are being scheduled. [See]
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04/07/2012 | 12:31:18
Quite a slovenly drafted statement from Andry Rajoelina’s clique finally presented the transitional leader’s and young putsch maker’s reluctance to discuss with the exiled president, Marc Ravalomanana. The SADC was pushing of two party talks between the main wire pullers in the Malagasy political crisis, but the show does not capitalize. Rajoelina definitely does its best to skirt around direct negotiations with Marc Ravalomanana. [See]
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04/07/2012 | 12:10:07
The armed forces’ command was certainly not expecting a young female reporter to go down to the southern Madagascan bush and enter the heart of the battlefield, on which a military operation against armed militiamen is taking place. Riana Raymond, the Taratra newspaper’s reporter, was in South Amboasry when an army colonel "promised" her a piece of his mind, could she ever intend to keep on making for Esira and Iabohazo, the wolf’s keep [See]
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02/07/2012 | 15:11:51
No matter how much the transitional parliament runs out of money, a special twelve days long session started on July 2nd. Parliamentarians are in for addressing the code supposed to dictate the rules of engagement in the next elections in Madagascar. [See]
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30/06/2012 | 22:01:26
As expected, Air Madagascar welcomed on the track of the airport of Ivato its second Airbus A340-300 by the end of June 2012. Officially, the choice for the European aircraft manufacturer has only commercial incentives and nothing to do with politics. The fact that the malagasy airline company is being directed by political and administrative leaders and HAT members, particularly by those from the Ministry of Finance, would be a mere coincidence, wouldn’t it? The transaction remains however a bargain [1 Euro]
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30/06/2012 | 21:24:00
Two weeks and yet nearly nothing in sight. The manhunt after the dahalo militia is seemingly on the verge of failing. Critics are swarming concerning the political and military management of the issue. The government strikes back and strains to save the face whereas the Prime Minister already dropped the towel and let the military command take over. Rabefihavanana Arthur alias Remenabila, public enemy number 1 known as the Remenabila, leads the show on its own a little longer. [1 Euro]
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29/06/2012 | 23:19:25
Everything slowly comes forth concerning the meeting between the exiled president Marc Ravalomanana and the transitional leader. The permanent office of the SADC declared that the organization of this meeting between both major wire pullers in this Malagasy crisis would be following its course. France, the IOC and the AU made their availability out the blue though, which became a cause for mistrust related to an alleged attempt to regain control of Madagascar. [1 Euro]
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29/06/2012 | 10:02:10
During June 26th’s National Day, the armed forces were parading inside the stadium of Mahamasina while Remenabila, the leader of the dahalo keeps on mocking them in the south. Since the latest couple of weeks, hundreds of soldiers have been mobilizing in the southern part of Madagascar to track the invisible man down. The safari is everything but over but chances to find Remenabila are not that many. On June 28th, he threatened to raid the state police’s headquarters near the town of Fort Dauphin (southeast) and caused widespread panic by the same way. The war equally happens to be psychological as a matter of fact. [See]
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29/06/2012 | 09:36:44
Civil servants’ unions jointly assessed on June 27th the general situation of civil servants and confirmed as a result the beginning of a general strike as a warning to the ruling power. From July 2nd on, the administration is likely to fail from working the normal way. The will of the transitional power is being more and more challenged and its trick deemed to divide the rising front, proving to be useless. [See]
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29/06/2012 | 09:25:58
The SADC’s permanent office in Antananarivo is preparing the summit deemed to take place between former President Marc Ravalomanana and the current head of the transition, Andry Rajoelina. Local representatives of the SADC will be getting in touch with the other groups which signed the roadmap for ending the crisis, and keep on consulting the other main decision makers in the Malagasy political crisis. [See]
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25/06/2012 | 22:39:57
When being back home after attending the Rio +20 International Conference, the transitional leader recalled the commitments made in the name of Madagascar in front of an international audience. Politically speaking, he promised to become the example and show evidences of accountability in face of the crisis. The transitional chief of the armed forces carried on with social pledges by promising to get capitulation from dahalo thieves and murderers within two or three days. [1 Euro]
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22/06/2012 | 22:59:03
During the couple of weeks following the clashes between security forces and "dahalo" squads spreading terror throughout South Amboasary, not a single suspect has been sent behind bars yet. The alleged hostages still remain hostages, villagers are on the run and only the national state policemen and troopers’ dead bodies could be recovered. The ruling power’s management of the escalating violence does not convincingly comfort at all. The HAT and its army are both struggling to gain credibility in this showdown. [1 Euro]
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22/06/2012 | 12:39:28
Antananarivo has been completely disrupted by chronic traffic jam on Friday morning, June 22nd. The army had to conduct its rehearsal in order to parade on the National Day on June, 26th, no matter the traffic usually swarming in the capital city center. [See]
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22/06/2012 | 12:27:40
The civil servants’ unions and crisis time centers recently erected in each ministerial department will be in for a general warning strike on June 27th, 28th and 29th. On the day after the Independence Day, not a single public office will be opened [See]
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20/06/2012 | 12:59:14
The ruling power imposed days long opened concert shows in the city’s very center in Anosy for the sake of bringing some amusement in the run out of June 26th’s independence day. Rather quite a poor inspiration: a state police officer was killed during slovenly disputes, and a 34 years old woman was raped then murdered afterwards. [See]
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19/06/2012 | 11:05:58
A local outlaw named Remenabila is currently making the police forces mad in the south of the country. The desperado is in control of the village of Iabohazo and its surroundings located in the region of Befotaka. Remenabila was suddenly turned into a bad guy superstar for having defeated the army once and claimed 11 scalps. Would the desperado eventually be on the verge of turning into a genuine rebel leader? [See]
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18/06/2012 | 18:30:50
Rajoelina’s supporters strike back with equally holding a prayer ceremony of their own for the nation in the afternoon of Sunday, June 17th, in International Conference Centre of Ivato, in response to the same kind of gathering organized one week earlier by the leaders of FFKM as a way to welcome the resumption of negotiations supposed to drive the country out of from the current political crisis. This reaction can be held as the evidence of a certain aversion from the Rajoelina sphere for mediation process supported by the heads of the FFKM church. [See]
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15/06/2012 | 10:30:31
The common front deemed to oppose and challenge Andry Rajoelina’s regime is gradually rising up. Trade unions newly came together and jointly denounce the three years long poor governance and "dictatorship" of a dramatically inefficient High Authority of Transition. The movement of clerical leaders pledges support to the unions’ demands with good grace. [See]
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15/06/2012 | 10:18:28
The German-Malagasy Center’s Jazz Club organizes on Sunday, June 17th quite a special show The staircase of Antaninarenina happens to be located at the heart of the capital city, and will serve as concert place for the second edition of the JAZZ TOTOHABATO (translated as Jazz over the stairs). [See]
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14/06/2012 | 16:59:19
La date de la rencontre entre le président en exil Marc Ravalomanana et le chef de la transition Andry Rajoelina crée déjà la discorde avant qu’elle ne soit fixée. Avant ou après le 26 juin, dans quels pays, les deux mouvances ont deux positions opposées ! En tout cas, on revient au point de départ avec la rencontre entre les deux principaux protagonistes de la crise politique à Madagascar. [1 Euro]
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13/06/2012 | 23:34:24
Urban insecurity and opposition led politically motivated mass demonstrations in Antananarivo used to be the security forces’ main concerns. They are no more. The Dahalo are gradually establishing their rule of law in the southern part of the island. Why are these bandits, cattle robbers and, now and then, also murderers all of a sudden considered as a pending danger for national security? Being paranoid just like the HAT’s devoted soldiers is one thing; being dealt with by a defiant group of people is everything but the same. Andry Rajoelina took up the challenge and ordered to strike back against the Dahalo. [1 Euro]
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13/06/2012 | 11:40:01
In the run of the International Tourism Fair’s third conference on tourism hosted by the Carlton Hotel in Antananarivo, the role played by regional and local authorities into the development of tourism was addressed. Several communes together with their partners actually tackled projects and dared investments for the sake of boosting tourism. These investments are expected to create many more job providers within Madagascan village communities. [See]
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11/06/2012 | 19:27:18
The local IRS (internal revenue service) requires no less MGA 172 billions from the TIKO corporation belonging to the ousted president Marc Ravalomanana, or the appropriate compensation, for the repay of arguably unpaid taxes. The action is everything but contributing to the settlement of the Malagasy political crisis. [See]
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08/06/2012 | 19:00:58
As a reaction to three years of countrywide troubles, the FFKM is about to take over the mediation role for the sake of reaching any settlement to the Malagasy political crisis. Madagascar’s four main churches’ leaders invited the main decision makers in this political tournament to recover the negotiation table again. [See]
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07/06/2012 | 16:38:30
The ruling power’s ministry in charge of Communication does not display any evidence of considering either the ongoing wave of protests or the reaction of the Malagasy journalists’ trade union. As a proof, the RADIO FEON’NY TOAMASINA (RFT) radio station broadcasts over the island’s eastern Toamasina harbor city and recently received a warning letter for closely cooperating with the FREE FM radio station which did declare war to the transitional regime. The aforesaid partnership seems to be intensely annoying the ruling power. [See]
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06/06/2012 | 11:31:47
Some groups of parliamentarians led by Cyrille Rasambozafy’s ESCOPOL do require the current government to be reshuffled before June, 26th. These black sheep of the parliamentarian family are holding the settlement Malagasy political crisis as beyond the abilities of the government currently led by Prime Minister Omer Beriziky. [See]
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05/06/2012 | 12:06:05
Another brick in the growing wall: Prison wardens and their staffs are lining their stand up to the current string of claims for better conditions. Their original trade mark: the ruling power is being granted a 72 hours long deadline in order to comply. Jail guards are, technically speaking, not allowed to tackle strikes. They did though. Could the ruling power dare the odds and challenge them, their reaction would be fully unpredictable. [See]
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04/06/2012 | 21:23:02
The SADC is bound to organize face to face talks between the main wire pullers in this Malagasy political crisis in order to settle it down once for all. The idea stemmed from Marc Ravalomanana. Andry Rajoelina, with every single day more and more stranded in the ropes, has no other choice but giving in, complying and accepting to listen and speak with the legal president illegally ousted by his putsch in 2009. The regional organization would entrust the referee’s whistle to Joaquim Chissano, Mozambique’s former president. [1 Euro]
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04/06/2012 | 09:31:47
Entering the Place of Democracy is definitely forbidden. The political debate is consequently recovering the street. On June 2nd, the public Place of May 13th, in Analakely, massively welcomed demonstrators increasingly disappointed by the transitional power. Freedom of speech as well as the end of the three years long burdening transitional rule happened to be the main claims. The demonstration’s leader addressed for the first time ever a potential general strike, and trade unions are getting ready to follow. [See]
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04/06/2012 | 09:18:20
After three years of political breakdown in Madagascar, the SADC recommends the renewal of talks between the main political wire pullers in this crisis, namely former president Marc Ravalomanana, casted out in exile in South Africa since the year 2009’s putsch, and Andry Rajoelina, the putsch maker and current leader of the transitional ruling power. Nothing is a done deal yet. The decision was expressed as an outcome of the SADC’s extraordinary summit held in Luanda, Angola on June 1st. [See]
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01/06/2012 | 10:01:33
A brand new daily newspaper flourishes in Antananarivo. “La Nation” is incidentally quite critical against the High Authority of Transition. The newsgroup’s motivation: the struggle against injustice. [See]
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31/05/2012 | 22:06:14
The HAT and the Rajoelina political sphere, both continuously dented by the burden of their illegal power, have made a priority out of the organization of hurried presidential elections in 2012. The CENI-T (the local electoral commission) refused to issue any schedule, and made it tactfully clear in order not to irritate quite a tense ruling power, namely by keeping away from ruling this possibility to cast elections in 2012 out. Beatrice Atallah and her staff promised to eventually do what it would take so that preparations take a shorter time than the 8 months estimated by the United Nations’ experts. [1 Euro]
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30/05/2012 | 10:34:32
The Clerical Leaders’ Movement (local HMF), mainly founded by protestant parsons, recently renewed in a statement its support to all Malagasy nationals currently militating for more freedom and more justice in the Great Isle. Good day for the various demonstrations namely claiming freedom of speech, isn't it? [See]
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29/05/2012 | 16:09:51
Fidele Razara Pierre, Free Fm radio channel’s reporter, called upon a massive demonstration to concentrate over the Place of May 13th on June 2nd. The denied access to the Place of Democracy located in Ambohijatovo happens to be a good enough incentive to recover the Place of May 13th, on which three presidents' successive rules were brought down as a result of street demonstrations. [See]
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26/05/2012 | 15:28:47
The year 2009’s putsch makers happen to be desperately longing elections. For having failed to capitalize his wishes five times in a row, Andry Rajoelina now relies on technical parameters. The crisis would be over, once an illegal ruling power propelled on top by riots and a military uprising. So why being so hurried? The longer the illegal transitional period extends, the more legitimacy is being lost by the illegal dictatorship as a matter of fact [1 Euro]
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25/05/2012 | 10:33:29
The band is completely unknown in Madagascar. It will although be entitled to praise the island’s unique fauna and vegetation. Wiffenpoofs is a US-american band made of 14 singers from the University of Yale, and won the casting showdown. The band’s first concert is deemed to take place on July 14th in Ranomafana as part of the sensitization campaign related to the conservation of the Great Isle’s natural wealth. Ranomafana is actually a central southern national park and a sanctuary for scores of the island’s endemic species. [See]
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24/05/2012 | 11:07:15
The High Authority of Transition supportive armed forces had the opportunity to save some of their tear gas on Wednesday. Demonstrators went down to the capital city’s streets again in order to enter the Place of Democracy. The transitional ruling power held their watchdogs back and rather sent this time around a gang of young junkies throw stones at the demonstrators. Panic and chaos swiftly overcame Antananarivo’s central part. [See]
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23/05/2012 | 13:59:41
The pending collapse threatening the country has drawn a handful of retired generals to react. The latest of their rare declarations recalled the Malagasy armed forces’ duty. The message is being directed at the current military top command. This action happened to be inspired to the retired generals by the recent military led repression of public and peaceful demonstrations into the capital city as well as by the poor military performance on air. [See]
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22/05/2012 | 16:24:18
Andry Rajoelina, self proclaimed transitional leader, emphatically pushes for presidential elections held as the Malagasy political crisis’ settlement key. He recently had the occasion to meet the United Nations’ Secretary General. A meeting with the president of the SADC is coming next. Rajoelina produced quite a disappointing speech on Mai 22nd when merely defending his will to tackle his elections as soon as possible. [See]
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21/05/2012 | 10:05:26
One more Saturday spent in trenches in Antananarivo city. A demonstration organized by the Free FM radio station was disrupted by clashes on May 19th. The station’s main reporters are now on the run for being wanted by the police forces. The latest demonstration was aiming at jointly claiming freedom of speech over the Place of Democracy in Ambohijatovo. Due to its assessments broadcasted on a daily basis, and happening to be not to the ruling power’s liking, the Free FM radio station got into the High Authority of Transition’s sight. [See]
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20/05/2012 | 19:31:21
Thousands of people demonstrated in the capital city center, longing for freedom of speech and calling upon the Place of Democracy to be reopened, and were entitled to tear gas and rubber bullets as an answer from the HAT’s police forces. While heavily armed masked soldiers were holding the front line, their general Richard Ravalomanana got its legal parade ready, namely the legal defense of a private property, that of Antananarivo’s Urban Commune. [1 Euro]
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18/05/2012 | 10:03:18
The SEMPAMA keeps holding on in spite of the offer of MGA 25 billions, university professors do not pledge the 2012 academic year 2012, paramedics begin a strike and merely insure minimum service, doctors do threaten to sanction the transitional authorities’ failure to hold on to its word with a strike, transportation companies are longing for subsidies ... tension hotspots are likely to put the HAT and its regime to the test [1 Euro]
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16/05/2012 | 18:37:20
Some fifty different factions came together into the newly founded VHFTV political cluster, and jointly require a new 18 months long transition at the most. The cluster is being managed by the Movement of Clerical Leaders (HMF) firmly opposed to the High Authority of Transition for the latest couple of years. [See]
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15/05/2012 | 12:45:18
The union of Madagascan Reporters called upon the capital city’s professionals to emphasize the union’s claims in the street around the Journalists’ Order’s Monument located on Independence Avenue in Analakely. The union wants all of the radio and television channels censored by the ruling power to be allowed to freely broadcast, and the current minister of communications to step down. [See]
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14/05/2012 | 17:00:43
Common ground between the ruling power and the SEMPAMA (the union of public school teachers) seems to be gradually eluding. The union let it be known, that the strike does not end. Manoro Regis, the education minister, recalled that the scheduled official exams would not suffer any change. [See]
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14/05/2012 | 09:57:23
General Richard Ravalomanana did predict in one of his famous prophecies, the opposition would be creating unrest in order to destabilize the ruling power regime few days to the historic date of May 13th. The HAT’s armed forces cleared for action against a purely virtual wave of terror. The population is no more shivering out of terror, for it has somehow got used to the constant insecurity installed by the transitional power [1 Euro]
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13/05/2012 | 17:27:55
Various street demonstrations were recently expected to take place. The political movement of former president, Marc Ravalomanana, scheduled a meeting on May 12th over the Place of Democracy in Ambohijatovo. The "forbidden" area keeps on being locked and guarded by the military forces openly supportive of the High Authority of Transition. Unwilling to face up to pending clashes, the movement’s leaders present made towards the Magro square, in which demonstrations have been held daily during the latest three years. The decision apparently pissed some supporters off, as they were definitely bound to deal with the security forces the hard way. [See]
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13/05/2012 | 17:10:29
The union of urban transportation companies has keeping on calling upon conditions to be improved, during the latest months. The frequent fuel price rises have actually been gradually blowing these companies’ profits. [See]
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09/05/2012 | 22:33:47
Each and every decision stemming from the ruling power concerning the crisis caused by the teachers' strike was unilateral. The national education minister’s big stick policy fell through, now is the prime minister taking charge with a better proposal to MGA 25 billion and a fewer threats. Will teachers resign themselves with 11% of their claims and stop the strike? [1 Euro]
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09/05/2012 | 10:38:31
Another judicial trick has been engaged at Antananarivo’s court. The SITRAM company is claiming the lot in Ankorondrano on which the FREE FM radio station’s facilities are located. The ultimate target: expelling the radio station. As a matter of fact, the concerned lot still happens to be disputed by the SITRAM company and the former owners, namely the Rahafimahaleo family, which sold the company to Edgar Razafindravahy, Antananarivo city’s special delegation head and the plaintiff currently in a politically motivated dispute with FREE FM’s reporter Lalatiana Rakotondrazafy. The radio station’s leadership displayed its surprise caused by a strange coincidence: the judicial issue pops up shortly before May 13th, the station’s first birthday, on which a public demonstration is being planed [See]
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08/05/2012 | 12:37:10
Various areas’ trade unions have been stating claims rather loud during the latest months. The union of public school teachers is the latest ones to be firmly requiring higher wages. During the latest weeks, the public education system has been paralyzed and even pupils went down to the street and protested against the suspension of all courses. Police forces replied with tear gaz. [See]
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05/05/2012 | 21:58:46
After series of repeated calls addressed to the HAT’s leader, the Minister of Education changed his stand, actually operated a U-turn and threatened strikers with a wage suspension and a pending termination of contract. Manoro Regis emphatically ordered teaching to resume in public schools on Monday, May 7th, 2012. The striking teachers responded by displaying their solidarity and standing tall to the ruling power. [1 Euro]
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