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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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »