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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. Lire la suite »

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? Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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. Lire la suite »

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? Lire la suite »