•Newly sworn in President of Madagascar Michael Randrianirina Madagascar’s new head of state today named a civilian prime minister, following a military takeover last week that sent ex-president Andry Rajoelina fleeing. Army Colonel Michael Randrianirina, who announced Tuesday that the military had taken power after Rajoelina was impeached fo...
•Colonel Michael Randrianirina (C) Army colonel Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as Madagascar’s president today, just days after a military power grab that sent ex-president Andry Rajoelina fleeing. Randrianirina, who led the CAPSAT army unit that mutinied and joined anti-government protesters at the weekend, read out the presidential ...
•President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina today dissolved the national assembly, pre-empting an opposition-led vote to force him out of office over the island nation’s spiralling political crisis. Rajoelina has faced over two weeks of deadly street clashes, led largely by young demonstrators furious with t...

