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Spotlight | Madagascar
TGV looking for funds from all fronts

Official international funds have all but dried up, so the President of the High Authority for Transition (HAT), Andry Rajoelina known as TGV, is looking to other sources to fill the State coffers so he can keep the multitude of [...]

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