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Prince Zakariasy is behind bars. The Tangalamena and Madagascar’s royal casts’ descents gathered on November 14th as an evidence of solidarity with him. The immediate release of Zakariasy Patrick was of course unanimously required by the congregation. Lire la suite »

The State Police Commander in Chief, General Richard Ravalomanana, presented an overview of the military operation in the southern part of Madagascar. He reported 69 arrests, 27 casualties and 27 light weapons seized. Local sources mention however hundreds of casualties during the recent months. The Dahalo war chief Remenabila is still free. The report presented by the armed forces has very little in common with any other balance reported by various other sources. A parson serving in a southern region produced the following body count as an example: at least 80 villagers slaughtered in a single day by a search and destroy operation led by the army in October. On this account photos and reports have been sent to diplomatic bodies and international organizations. Amnesty International consequently called upon an independent investigation of the military operations in the southern part of Madagascar. Lire la suite »

Zakariasy Patrick, official and native of the region of Toamasina, is from now on being held in custody at the state police station in Betongolo. His trial basically supposed to take place on Tuesday, November, 12th, then called off, is deemed to come true on November, 13th. Lire la suite »

RPG-7s are rocket propelled grenades mostly deemed to serve on armored tanks. Inside an opened letter addressed to the current ruling power, Monja Roindefo, the former transitional prime minister and acting president of the MONIMA political party, condemned the on going deployment of such heavy weaponry and its use against human beings. This native of the southern region of Madagascar openly calls upon Andry Rajoelina, the current transitional leader, to step down, as well as Omer Beriziky, the current transitional prime minister, to emulate. Lire la suite »

Clashes could not be avoided at the Capital city’s university between demonstrating students and police forces. The students require their scholarships to be paid. The police forces require these students to keep quiet, and consequently flexed muscles on the campus. Tear gas engulfed a classroom, and caused an injury as well as a loss of conscience, according to the university’s officials’ report Lire la suite »

Following a certain time out spent with playing a political low profile, the Clerical Leaders’ Movement led by a certain number of Protestant parsons organizes a opened prayer ceremony in Antsahamanitra, in order to open the public’s eye on the large scale injustice ruling the country. Lire la suite »

It has been a long time since the former president, currently held out in exile in South Africa, has spoken out to his supporters regularly joining the Magro square. Job done! On October 27th, Marc Ravalomanana called and emphasized his intention to run the incoming presidential election as a challenger. He added that nobody but he would let the day of his come back home be known. Lire la suite »

The Transitional Superior Council is currently in trouble. Some parliamentarians would like to drive the CST’ permanent Bureau members away. How possible such a procedure is, remains the greatest question in such an issue. Lire la suite »

The natives of Toamasina city, the island’s eastern harbor, massively went down to the street by the beginning of the week, and intend to do the same on Friday, October 26th, in order to denounce the transitional ruling power’s relatives’ abuses. The movement addresses social claims related to disputes about land lots and job suppression in the Ambatovy mining project, by the same way Lire la suite »

The transitional regime displays signs of bankruptcy in Madagascar. Public schools’ pupils may wave goodbye to their good old cantina from now on. One meal a day at school used to be quite a valuable support to them and to their education. The ministry in charge argues that cereal supplies have failed, and that the issue is likely to be settled within the next few months. Lire la suite »