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Madagascar

Madagascar: Army frozen by failed mutiny

The Madagascan military was indecisive about how to react to a mutiny by officers in the Ivato camp.

Free access Politics 19.11.2010

Paris sets conditions for backing TGV

The French ministry for foreign affairs has drawn up a list of conditions that Andry Rajoelina should accept. Here is our exclusive report.

Subscribers only Politics 19.11.2010

AU summit budget funds TGV

The High Authority for the Transition(HAT) has dipped extensively into a Treasury account to finance the expenditure of its President [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.11.2010

The road network's benefactors

The companies bordering a planned four-lane highway in the capital have been appointed to finance the project without being consulted. Is this an official racket?

Subscribers only Business 19.11.2010

Antananarivo

The South African Ambassador to Madagascar, Mokgethi Sam Monaisa, will [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.11.2010

Pope may be reluctant to appoint new cardinal in Madagascar

The logical successor to Cardinal Gaétan Razafindratandra (a Merina Andriana), [...]

Subscribers only 19.11.2010

Minsearch

A former Malagasy tax inspector, Jean Randrianatoandro, is expanding his [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.11.2010

China International Fund

The government of the High Authority for Transition (HAT) is [...]

Subscribers only Business 19.11.2010

Madagascar Oil in Dire Need of Partners

The firm Madagascar Oil, which operates four blocks in Madagascar, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.2010

IPO for Madagascar Oil

Higher oil prices have made the heavy oil fields owned [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.11.2010

Spotlight
TGV does what he wants – and it works

Ever since he refused to take part in any further international mediation on the Malagasy crisis, the President of the High Authority for Transition (HAT), Andry Rajoelina known as TGV, has been calmly rolling out his own agenda.

Subscribers only Politics 05.11.2010

Merina intellectuals for a "No" vote

It is well known that Harotsilavo Rakotoson, a former general secretary of the ministry for justice, is opposed to the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.11.2010

Not a priority issue for Pretoria

South Africa is maintaining its firm stance against Andry Rajoelina, based on the SADC position. But very few South African officials are keeping up to speed on the issue.

Subscribers only Politics 05.11.2010

Gateway systems are in vogue

GEMDT has followed in the footsteps of the companies owned by Hassan Ghandour and suggested a way of taxing telecoms to Andry Rajoelina. Our exclusive spotlight.

Subscribers only Business 05.11.2010

Gilbert Ahnee

The former editor of the daily newspaper Le Mauricien, Gilbert Ahnee, who went to join the competing La Sentinelle group [...]

Subscribers only 05.11.2010

A plague on the French ambassador to Antananarivo

According to a story doing the rounds in the newsrooms [...]

Subscribers only 05.11.2010

Airwaves jammed ahead of the referendum in Madagascar

The recipe to obtain a broadcasting licence for a new [...]

Subscribers only 05.11.2010

Bashirco International

The Saudi company Bashirco International, which imports staple products into [...]

Subscribers only Business 05.11.2010

Tantely Andrianarivo’s major oral exam

Back home after his long exile in France, former Prime [...]

Subscribers only 27.10.2010

Waiting for Didier Ratsiraka

Former President Didier Ratsiraka wants to return to Antananarivo from his exile in Paris before the referendum on 17 November, thirsting for vengeance.

Subscribers only Politics 22.10.2010

Caillé fares better than on Reunion Island

Several companies in the group owned by François Caillé are rudderless on Reunion Island, whereas the Madagascan subsidiary is doing well.