News flash

Each and every radio and TV station close to the Opposition to the imposed transitional regime have been being brutally turned down since 2009. The latest radio station regularly broadcasting news about the Opposition leaders was closed in 2010. The Opposition is now requiring the HAT to let these stations reopen and freely broadcast, as a prerogative for appeasement and freedom inspired by the crisis settlement´s roadmap. Lire la suite »

They reflect the general social unease. A demonstration of science department students took place at the capital city´s university. Students erected barricades at the campus´ gates. They are requiring their three months of unpaid scholarship. The police´s anti riot squad swiftly addressed the issue. Confrontation could not be avoided. Stones flew over from the student side. Soldiers retaliated with tear gazes and arrested a so named leader. The students are blaming a potential infiltration within their ranks. Some of this day´s most violent individuals would even not be student at all Lire la suite »

Omer Beriziky, the new Prime Minister is still hoping for a deal with reluctant political spheres prior to the erection of his government Lire la suite »

The rainy season´s early rainfalls have already overstretched the capital city´s lowest districts. Sewers cannot cope Lire la suite »

One more shot in the dark for the High Authority of Transition, is it? Andry Rajoelina has been successively appointing four prime ministers since his putsch of March 2009 but not a single one of them succeeded in settling the Malagasy political crisis. Lire la suite »

Black outs have become unbearably frequent during the last days in Antananarivo and throughout its suburbs. A demonstration against the national water and electricity supplier is on its way Lire la suite »

Antananarivo recently turned into quite a hot city, literally speaking. Midterm rains relieved the capital city´s inhabitants merely for a short while Lire la suite »

One candidate pulled out from the race, voluntarily as a matter of fact. Naika Eliane, from Marc Ravalomanana´s sphere made it crystal clear that she is not willing to cooperate with Andry Rajoelina, that she would actually not even concede a single shadow of a shake hand and that she would prefer the extension of her exile. Naika Eliane would not have so easily forgotten her how unworthy the High Authority of Transition previously dealt with her. The Ravalomanana sphere has on this account only a couple of candidates left: Manandafy Rakotonirina and Pierrot Botozaza Lire la suite »

Andry Rajoelina visisted runners up to the prime minister´s position, including Sylvain Rabotoarison, a retreated army general who was basically not one of them Lire la suite »

Political parties which jointly signed the roadmap expected to settle the crisis have put fifteen runners up forth as potential prime minister. Five of them are from the Opposition. Andry Rajoelina, the transitional leader, tackled consultations with them. Lire la suite »