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Madagascar presidential election: What you need to know
World’s fourth-largest island to vote on next head of state amid political crisis, rampant poverty
Ravalomanana’s Malagasy return up in the air
An attempt to return home by Madagascar’s deposed president Marc Ravalomanana has been thwarted in the air by Malagasy ground control.
Former Madagascar president Ratsiraka ends exile
Urging reconciliation in Madagascar, former president Didier Ratsiraka has returned home, ending a nine-year exile in France.
Madagascar’s ousted leader poised for return
Madagascan parties have signed an agreement allowing the return of Marc Ravalomanana whose 2009 ouster plunged the country into political paralysis.
Madagascar goes to polls for new Parliament
Madagascans vote on Sunday for the Indian Ocean island’s Parliament, with President Marc Ravalomanana’s party tipped to continue its domination of the Assembly. Ravalomanana…