Madagascan authorities on Monday said they had put down an attack on the building housing the prime minister’s offices in Antananarivo.
Madagascar’s leader has vowed to disband his internationally rejected government and form an interim body.
The AU has imposed sanctions on Madagascar’s President, Andry Rajoelina, and 108 other people in the Indian Ocean island.
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/ 26 February 2010
Madagascar President Andy Rajoelina has called a meeting next week with leading opposition groups to try to resolve a year-long political crisis.
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/ 22 January 2010
Madagascar’s leader Andry Rajoelina has snubbed the African Union’s top diplomat, again rejecting calls for a consensus government to be formed.
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/ 21 January 2010
The AU’s top diplomat will present Madagascar’s bickering power-brokers with a fresh political compromise aimed at ending a year-long crisis.
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/ 15 January 2010
Southern African leaders have urged the international community to reject plans by Madagascar’s Andry Rajoelina to ignore power-sharing talks.
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/ 12 January 2010
An opposition politician in Madagascar says that a warrant for his arrest in connection with foiled bomb attacks last year was politically motivated.
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/ 22 December 2009
Madagascar’s security forces fired tear gas at opposition leaders and hundreds of their supporters outside Parliament on Tuesday.
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/ 21 December 2009
Unilateral move on Sunday by Andry Rajoelina was in further defiance of efforts to find a consensus solution to the island nation’s political crisis.
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/ 19 December 2009
Madagascar’s strongman ruler Andry Rajoelina has named a new prime minister for the island as leaders of the three main opposition movements fle
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/ 17 December 2009
Madagascar’s ruler Andry Rajoelina on Wednesday announced parliamentary elections for next March.
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/ 9 December 2009
Madagascar’s president rejected an agreement on Tuesday on the make-up of a unity government that was struck by his rivals.
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/ 2 December 2009
Madagascar’s opposition has accused the country’s leader Andry Rajoelina of stalling negotiations on forming a consensus government.
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/ 7 November 2009
Madagascar’s top four political figures — including ousted President Marc Ravalomanana — on Saturday signed an agreement on sharing power.
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/ 28 October 2009
Madagascar’s former leader Marc Ravalomanana said on Wednesday that he would never accept Andry Rajoelina as president of the transition.
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/ 28 October 2009
Madagascar’s leaders will meet next week for another attempt at sealing a power-sharing deal aimed at restoring constitutional order, the AU said.
A deal on who should hold the top posts in Madagascar’s power-sharing government faced collapse on Thursday.
Madagascar’s opposing political factions have agreed to retain the coup leader as head of the transitional government starting on Wednesday.
The African Union (AU) called on Madagascar’s feuding leaders on Tuesday to resume negotiations and establish a consensus government.
Madagascar’s internationally shunned president said he would adhere to the terms of a power-sharing deal if donors released frozen aid.
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/ 11 September 2009
Security forces in Madagascar fired tear gas on Friday to try to disperse hundreds of opposition supporters gathering for a rally in the capital.
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/ 11 September 2009
Political turmoil in Madagascar is likely to rock the island for months, stunting investment and prolonging an aid freeze.
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/ 9 September 2009
The Southern African Development Community condemned on Tuesday the formation of a new government in Madagascar.
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/ 8 September 2009
Madagascan leader Andry Rajoelina on Tuesday unveiled a new Cabinet line-up billed as a unity government but already rejected by the opposition.
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/ 5 September 2009
Madagascar’s opposition movements refused to enter into Andry Rajoelina’s unity government on Saturday.
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/ 4 September 2009
The armed forces in Madagascar on Friday rejected a call from the opposition to head a unity government and said politicians should resolve the crisis
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/ 4 September 2009
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on Madagascar’s leaders to stick to a power-sharing deal struck last month.
Madagascar’s ousted leader said on Monday there would be no power-sharing deal if the man who toppled him continued to demand the presidency.
Crisis talks collapsed on Friday as Madagascar’s rivals failed to agree who should hold key posts in a transition government.
Madagascar’s political leaders were due to wrap up talks on Thursday on who should lead a transitional government.
Madagascar’s ex-leader Marc Ravalomanana refused to accept Andry Rajoelina’s nomination as president of a new transitional government.