Marc Ravalomanana News Archives

There are 8 wounded and 17 arrested, after fighting broke out on September 26 in front of the Mahamasina Stadium in downtown Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.

Madagascar's transitional government has welcomed African Union calls for another round of negotiations to resolve the deepening political crisis.

Later this afternoon, Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina will address the General Assembly here in New York, but some don't want him here at all.

The United States has called on the leaders of the "unconstitutional governments" of Madagascar and Guinea to step down and hold elections.

ANTANANARIVO, Sep 22 - Poverty has increased dramatically in Madagascar since January, when a national protest movement to end the regime of former president Marc Ravalomanana plunged the country into a socio-economic crisis.

'Rumors of a possible kidnapping of Prime Minister Monja Roindefo by the military are leading to a greater tension between parts of the army and some politicians,' Agenzia Fides was told by sources from Don Bosco Radio in Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.

Antananarivo - Madagascar's political foes will resume talks to end a dragging crisis after failing to implement an accord to form an interim government, a civil society group said Friday.

Madagascar's Prime Minster is accusing the International Contact Group of betraying embattled President Andry Rajoelina.

By Alain Iloniaina Antanarivo - Madagascar's prime minister has accused the international community of betraying President Andry Rajoelina and warned the mineral-producing island risked being torn into fiefdoms ruled by warlords.

The crisis that has been unleashed in Madagascar, with the resignation of President Marc Ravalomanana in March of this year, has led to intense diplomatic activity on the part of the African Union, and especially, the Southern African Development Community , which has suspended the island from the association.

A judge has ordered Trinidadian authorities to investigate allegations that the island's prime minister promised state resources to a radical Islamic group in exchange for supporting his 2002 campaign.

A chronology of key events 1880s-1905 - France consolidates its hold over Madagascar in the face of local resistance.

Madagascar is the world's fourth biggest island after Greenland, New Guinea and Borneo.

Supporters of former Madagascan president Marc Ravalomanana were arrested by the police here on Saturday for disturbance in the city center since Friday.

The African Union has condemned Madagascar's coup leader for unilaterally forming a new government.

Southern African leaders have rejected a transitional government announced by Madagascar's self-proclaimed leader Andry Rajoelina.

Anglican Archbishop Ian Ernest of the Indian Ocean Province, who is based in Mauritius, is calling on political leaders in Madagascar to set aside their political agendas, and put people first - writes Fredrick Nzwili .

Talks aimed at determining who should lead Madagascar in a new interim government ended Friday with the ousted president and the man who replaced him in a military coup failing to agree on who should take the top posts.