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/ 15 October 2011
Malagasy politicians have collectively agreed on how to implement a road map for ending a leadership crisis in the country, the SADC says.
Madagascan parties have signed an agreement allowing the return of Marc Ravalomanana whose 2009 ouster plunged the country into political paralysis.
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/ 17 September 2011
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina bowed to foreign pressure and signed a political road map that allows for the return of Marc Ravalomanana.
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/ 17 September 2011
Southern African mediators in Madagascar’s leadership battle have urged Andry Rajoelina to allow the return of exiled leader Marc Ravalomanana.
The mediator in Madagascar’s long-running political crisis has said exiled former leader Marc Ravalomanana should be allowed to return home from SA.
Madagascar’s exiled former president, Marc Ravalomanana, vowed on Wednesday to return to the island despite the army and police warning against it.
The security chiefs who led a coup in Madagascar say they will not humour SADC leaders’ desire for exiled ex-leader Marc Ravalomanana to return.
Madagascar’s political leaders ended two days of talks on Tuesday without signing a deal on ending the crisis sparked by Andry Rajoelina’s takeover.
Madagascar’s feuding leaders have met for talks that mediators say are the last chance to resolve the crisis sparked by the Rajoelina coup in 2009.
Madagascar’s leaders were gathering on Monday for a meeting in Botswana that mediators are describing as the last chance to find a solution.
SADC says its anxiously anticipated summit, at which its road map to free and fair elections in Madagascar are to be reviewed, will take place soon.
International officials on Tuesday urged Madagascar to install transitional leadership ahead of planned elections, hinting it could restart aid flows.
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/ 20 February 2011
Madagascar’s ousted president told reporters at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo airport on Saturday that he would keep trying to return to his homeland.
Madagascar urged an airline expected to carry exiled leader Marc Ravalomanana back to the Indian Ocean island on Saturday to block his departure.
Deposed Madagascar president Marc Ravalomanana announced on Thursday morning his plans to return to the country on Saturday.
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/ 16 February 2011
Madagascar’s deposed president Marc Ravalomanana will be arrested if he returns to the country, a minister said on Wednesday.
A referendum on Madagascar’s new constitution has apparently been passed, which could be a victory for the island’s embattled leader Andry Rajoelina.
Madagascan soldiers who declared a coup three days ago maintained their stand on Saturday, insisting they wanted an end to the country’s crisis.
Jacob Zuma goes to Gabarone to attend the SADC summit where Madagascar’s political problems is expected to be discussed.
Madagascar’s government on Friday warned families living in a barracks housing a small group of dissident army officers to leave.
A group of military officers who tried to stage a coup in Madagascar on Wednesday was holed up in a base near the capital’s airport on Thursday.
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/ 17 November 2010
Voters in Madagascar are lining up to vote "yes" or "no" on a new constitution that calls for keeping a coup leader in power indefinitely.
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/ 18 October 2010
Security forces in Madagascar on Monday used tear gas to break up a demonstration staged by supporters of the island’s ousted president.
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/ 2 September 2010
The sentencing in absentia of Madagascar’s former president Marc Ravalomanana to hard labour for life will not help resolve problems in Madagascar.
A gun battle broke out in Madagascar’s capital on Thursday after a mutiny by members of the security forces, leaving two soldiers dead.
A gun battle broke out Thursday in central Antananarivo between rival Madagascan security forces.
Andry Rajoelina announced on Wednesday he won’t stand in Madagascar’s presidential election, in a major step towards resolving a political deadlock.
Madagascar’s main political rivals failed to strike a deal on Saturday to end nearly 14 months of political uncertainty on the Indian Ocean island.
Madagascar’s rival leaders on Friday haggled over election dates and a proposed amnesty for ousted president Marc Ravalomanana.
Madagascan authorities on Monday said they had put down an attack on the building housing the prime minister’s offices in Antananarivo.
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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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/ 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.