Alain Iloniaina

President Hery Rajaonarimampianina has taken over officially from coup leader Andry Rajoelina, pledging to create a climate conducive to investment.

Madagascar’s army stormed a barracks housing dissident officers on Saturday and ended a four-day mutiny.

Madagascar’s government on Friday warned families living in a barracks housing a small group of dissident army officers to leave.

A small group of rebel soldiers who threatened to topple Madagascar’s government were holed up in their barracks on Thursday.

Madagascar’s leader has vowed to disband his internationally rejected government and form an interim body.

Madagascar President Andy Rajoelina has called a meeting next week with leading opposition groups to try to resolve a year-long political crisis.

The AU’s top diplomat will present Madagascar’s bickering power-brokers with a fresh political compromise aimed at ending a year-long crisis.

An opposition politician in Madagascar says that a warrant for his arrest in connection with foiled bomb attacks last year was politically motivated.

Madagascar’s president rejected an agreement on Tuesday on the make-up of a unity government that was struck by his rivals.

Madagascar’s opposition has accused the country’s leader Andry Rajoelina of stalling negotiations on forming a consensus government.

Madagascar’s leader stormed out of internationally mediated power-sharing talks in the early hours of Friday.

Madagascar’s former leader Marc Ravalomanana said on Wednesday that he would never accept Andry Rajoelina as president of the transition.

Madagascar’s leaders will meet next week for another attempt at sealing a power-sharing deal aimed at restoring constitutional order, the AU said.

Madagascar’s internationally shunned president said he would adhere to the terms of a power-sharing deal if donors released frozen aid.

Security forces in Madagascar fired tear gas on Friday to try to disperse hundreds of opposition supporters gathering for a rally in the capital.

Madagascar’s president has said he could pardon Marc Ravalomanana in a move that could block the former leader from contesting future elections.

Marc Ravalomanana has accused France of supporting Madagascar’s new president and said the former power wanted to enslave the Malagasy people.

Supporters cheered the installation on Saturday of Madagascar’s army-backed new leader Andry Rajoelina — but foreign ambassadors did not attend.

The United Nations is guarding Madagascar’s opposition leader and the country’s defence minister quit on Tuesday after just a month in the job.

Madagascar’s government said on Monday it would take action against soldiers whose mutiny has deepened the political crisis on the island.