A certain number of members of the civil society are openly displaying their skepticism towards the roadmap´s draft supposed by some to lead to the settlement of the crisis. Lire la suite »
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The draft to be presented to Marc Ravalomanana
A delegation from the opposition met the SADC mediator, Leonardo Simao, on Thursday March 10th. At the end of the meeting, the Marc Ravalomanana sphere´s representatives confirmed that the draft will first be presented to the former president who will have the last say Lire la suite »
A final roadmap which is in no way final
A signature session organized by the SADC´s envoy, Leonardo Simao, took place in the international conference center in the Ivato, in the afternoon of March 9th. It was amazing to hear the mediation say that counterproposals were welcome. Lire la suite »
The Malagasy citizen captured by Al Qaeda is back home
Jean Claude Rakotoarilalao has finally recovered home soil after six months of custody. He was part of the seven people working for the french company AREVA, captured in September 2010 in Niger by Al Qaeda´s branch of the islamic Maghreb Lire la suite »
Roland Ratsiraka disappointed
Roland Ratsiraka, one of Andry Rajoelina´s transition´s first allies, found it hard to cover up his disappointment as the ruling power forbad former president Didier Ratsiraka´s return on home soil, his uncle. Lire la suite »
the roadmap project on the brink of collapse
the settlement of the crisis is nowhere near to a happy end in the Great Isle. Joaquim CHissano, the SADC led mediation´s number one, and Marc Ravalomanana, former President, jointly declared that multiparty talks had to be carrie on. THe current transitional leader´s sphere does however not have it this way. Andry Rajoelina would like the advantaging draft recently laid by the SADC´s envoy in Antananarivo to go down in history. Unless the opposition unexpectedly changes its mind, the roadmap as an end to the crisis is mere illusion Lire la suite »
tense situation likely to go tenser
the SADC led mediation´s final version of its roadmap is being expected very soon. The political atmosphere displays no sign of lull for so much Lire la suite »
Bingiza caused twenty casualties in Madagascar
The storm Bingiza has taken a relatively high toll from Madagascar. The local BNGRC, the institution in charge of damage management in natural disaster situations has reported some 22 casualties and 85000 casualties countrywide. Lire la suite »
Andry Rajoelina summons political parties to join his parallel search of a settlement to the crisis
The transitional leader announced his intention to summon the malagasy political parties to join his unilateral search of a solution. Lire la suite »
Leonardo Simao : talks concerning the roadmap are being carried on
The latest roadmap draft proposed by Leonardo Simao, the SADC´s envoy, is still on the operation table. The Mozambican former minister is however emphasizing that a final version will have to be dealt as early as possible Lire la suite »