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Spotlight MADAGASCAR Issue dated 15/05/2010

Andry Rajoelina plays his last card

The President of the High Authority for Transition (HAT) Andry Rajoelina known as TGV chose 12 May to lift the veil on any doubt that remained about his personal political future, announcing that he was not going to run as [...] (722 words)

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