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/ 16 February 2009
Police in Madagascar fired warning shots on Monday to disperse thousands of anti-government demonstrators taking part in a rally in the capital.
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/ 9 February 2009
Madagascar’s defence minister quit on Monday after security forces gunned down at least 28 anti-government demonstrators at the weekend.
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/ 8 February 2009
Twenty-eight people were killed in Madagascar on Saturday in protests violently put down by the security forces, police in said on Sunday.
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/ 7 February 2009
Security forces killed up to 25 people in Madagascar on Saturday when they opened fire on an anti-government protest, a police officer said.
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/ 6 February 2009
Madagascar’s latest crisis has been driven more by economic concerns than political grievances, unlike past protest movements, analysts say.
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/ 4 February 2009
About 8 000 demonstrators marched through the capital of Madagascar on Wednesday in support of Antananarivo ex-mayor Andry Rajoelina.
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/ 3 February 2009
Madagascar fired Andry Rajoelina on Tuesday after he said he would establish an interim government if the island’s president did not step down.
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/ 3 February 2009
Madagascar’s maverick opposition leader said on Tuesday he would establish an interim government this weekend if the president refused to step down.
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/ 2 February 2009
Mayor Andry Rajoelina on Monday sought the removal of President Marc Ravalomanana in the wake of violent protests that left dozens dead.
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/ 29 January 2009
Antananarivo was deserted on Thursday as residents heeded a call by the city’s mayor to turn it into a ghost town following anti-government protests.
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/ 29 January 2009
At least 68 people died in a wave of rioting in Madagascar this week, as President Marc Ravalomanana accused his main rival of stoking unrest.
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/ 28 January 2009
Up to 37 charred corpses of suspected looters have now been found in a store burned during unrest in Madagascar this week.
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/ 27 January 2009
Anti-government protest leader said on Tuesday he would not talk with the president until those who killed one of his supporters were held to account.
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/ 23 January 2009
Antananarivo’s mayor upped his challenge to the Madagascan regime on Friday, charging it had imposed an iron-fisted dictatorship on the island.