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The SADC´s mediator is successively meeting the Malagasy political actors in the crisis. Rumors of a potential deal is on its way, but faces up to strong skepticism Lire la suite »
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Guy Ralaiseheno: only some days left to be spent behind bars
Guy Maxime Ralaiseheno, the president of the Union of Madagascar´s Mayors will be released on Saturday, Janurary 22nd. He was basically condemned to a 2 months long jail sentence for having led a polical gathering in the capital city. The High Authority of Transition´s security forces arrested him for violation of an official ban on political meetings. The opposition reacted to the arrest. Hundreds of people have been arrested since the beginning of the crisis in 2009 after the putsch which propelled Andry Rajoelina on top of the state. In the run out of negotiations deemed to settle the crisis, the opposition is still being requiring the release of political prisoners Lire la suite »
Political parties in search of a neutral prime minister
The mediation process in the Malagasy crisis is going on. Leonardo Simao, the SADC´s envoy, has highlighted the need to integrate as many as political forces as possible in the transitional management. Lire la suite »
Price rise for basic products from the year´s very beginning
Basic products´prices are a common topic in the Malagasy press. Households´ income have largely been being cut as a side effect of the year 2009´s political crisis, whereas consumer prices have been rising on end Lire la suite »
The African Union willing to draw the Malagasy crisis to an end.
Leonardo Simao, the SADC´s mediator has recovered Antananarivo in order to reach a solution in the Malagasy crisis. Two years after the beginning of the conflict between Marc Ravalomanana and Andry Rajoelina, the international mediation is keen on settling the bogged down situation that has been being engulfing the Great Isle Lire la suite »
12.000 tons of rice in order to lower prices
THe High Autority of Transition is making some 12.000 tons of imported rice for the sake of influencing the basic commodity´s market prices Lire la suite »
International and national mediators facing up a busy week
A new spark of hope for the crisis´settlement can once again be expected. The international mediators will soon be in Antananarivo this week in order to draw the issue onto the latest straight line Lire la suite »
Threat on free trade : the HAT dying for controlling the local market´s rice prices
Grocery stores might soon no more have to decide on rice prices. Andry Rajoelina addressed the issue with the local rice trade actors. Lire la suite »
The HAT´s extremists are rejecting any potential consensus with Marc Ravalomanana.
A deal between the Malagasy crisis´main protagonists is on its way. By the end of the year, Andry Rajoelina and Marc Ravalomanana both announced that reconciliation time has come Lire la suite »
An increasingly longer transition
The political truce didn´t come true, In the end, the political spheres tackled rounds of negotiations during the celebration period. The general political trend is seemingly worrying. They are apparently longing for an even longer transition Lire la suite »