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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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/ 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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/ 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.
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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/ 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.
Madagascar’s leaders resumed talks on Tuesday to pick a transitional government mandated with steering the country towards fresh elections.
Madagascar’s rivals wrapped up crisis talks on Sunday, after agreeing on a blueprint for a transition government that leads to fresh elections.
Leaders of Madagascar’s main political movements signed on Sunday a transition blueprint, ending months of crisis on the island nation.
Amnesty for Marc Ravalomanana is set to be a key issue for Madagascar’s political rivals on Friday as a third round of crisis talks got under way.
Madagascar’s rivals will tackle the core of the country’s political deadlock on Thursday as crisis talks resume, a source said.
Madagascar’s political leaders headed for Mozambique on Tuesday, where international mediators will try to help them resolve the crisis.
Three top officials in the government of Madagascar’s ousted president wanted in connection with weekend attacks have been detained.
Madagascar’s president has said he could pardon Marc Ravalomanana in a move that could block the former leader from contesting future elections.
SA mercenaries have been recruited to reinstate deposed Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana, security-sector sources have told the M&G.
Southern African leaders will meet in Johannesburg this weekend on the crisis in Madagascar, after the suspension of international mediation efforts.
Madagascar’s armed forces are on maximum alert, the government said on Friday.
France and the United Nations both warned on Tuesday against military intervention to resolve Madagascar’s political crisis.
A Madagascar court sentenced former leader Marc Ravalomanana in absentia on Wednesday to four years in jail.
Troops in Madagascar combed the airport in Antananarivo for Marc Ravalomanana, fearing he is planning to slip back into the country.
Marc Ravalomanana has accused France of supporting Madagascar’s new president and said the former power wanted to enslave the Malagasy people.