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Spotlight | Madagascar
Electoral alliances start to take shape

The last to declare himself as a contender in Madagascar's Oct. 25 presidential face, the outgoing finance minister, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, is now rushing to make up for lost time. For his part, after hesitating lengthily on whether to spend millions [...]

Published on 13.09.2013 at 22:03 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Andry Rajoielina
Anjy Paul Ramanamihantatsoarana
Arema
Avi
Benjamina Ramantsoa
Camille Vital
Christian
Dera
Didier Ratsiraka
Edgard Razafindravahy
Federation Malgache de Tennis
Franck Ramarosaona
Haja Resampa
Hajo Andrianainarivelo
Harry Laurent Rahajason
Hery Rajaonarimampianina
Irene Ravalison
Jaobarison Randrianarivony
Jean Andre Ndremanjary
Koto Radifole
Lala Ratsirahonana
Mamy Ravatomanga
Marson Evariste
Media Consulting
Mohamed Rachidy
Norbert Ratsirahonana
Omer Beriziky
Philippe Tsiranana
Pierrot Rajaonarivelo
Roland Ratsiraka
Rolly Mercia
Sodiat
Solofo Rasoarahona
Tantely Andrianarivo
Tsialiva Rajaobelina
Valerie Zafindravaka
Vavao Benjamin
Zafindravaka

Madagascar
Rajoelina puts his people in new vanilla body to take control of the sector

By appointing government figures to the recently established Comité de la Vanille de Madagascar, President Andry Rajoelina is seeking to get a grip on a sector that has been in turmoil for several months. We spill the beans on who's in the new entity.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 29.05.2023

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina in October 2021.

Madagascar
Vanilla piles up as importers look elsewhere

The impending vanilla harvest in Madagascar is expected to be bountiful, but traders are worried about the large quantity of unsold stock leftover from last year.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 26.05.2023

In Focus | Madagascar
How vanilla price crisis has rocked Madagascar government

The vanilla industry, which accounts for 5% of Madagascar's GDP, is at the centre of a power struggle between the government and major players in the sector, most of whom are foreign. Key to the battle is the minimum price set by Antananarivo.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics, Business 03.04.2023

The vanilla industry is at the heart of a power struggle between the Malagasy government and the sector's economic operators, over which the shadow of Mamy Ravatomanga looms.

Southern Africa
US vanilla importers battle for lower minimum price

The new US ambassador to Antananarivo has made herself the spokesperson in Madagascar for her country's vanilla importers, who view the obligatory minimum price for the spice as much too high and have boycotted the sector in protest.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 19.01.2023

Madagascar
Electoral commission boss keen to recoup vehicles taken by former team

After arriving at the head of Madagascar's Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) at the end of 2021, Arsène Dama was surprised to discover that the former team led by Hery Rakotomanana had not returned the 4X4 Mitsubishi Pajero Sports made available to them.

Subscribers only Politics 14.10.2022

Madagascar
Lalanirina Ranoroarisoa to be kept on tight leash at Omnis

Just like his predecessor Hery Rajaonarimampianina, the new president Andry Rajoelina (aka TGV) who was elected in December 2018 fully [...]

Subscribers only 10.05.2019

Madagascar
Colonel Nina Ruphin brought into government

Colonel Fortunat Zafisambo Ruphin aka Nina Ruphin, the son of the ex-civil service minister Georges Ruphin who is an ex-member [...]

Subscribers only 19.04.2019

Madagascar
Third MD in two months for Kraoma

Scarcely a month after appointing a new managing director, Madagascar's national chromite producer Kraoma, whose staff have been on strike [...]

Subscribers only Business 22.02.2019

Spotlight | Madagascar
Who will Andry Rajoelina govern with?

Whether it was old friends, loyal allies in his Mapar party or last-minute converts to his cause, Andry Rajoelina, aka TGV, had to cast his net wide to erase the memory of his previous stint in power (2009-2013) and triumph [.

Subscribers only Politics 11.01.2019

Spotlight | Madagascar
Presidential election lays bare polarised political landscape

Although the second round of the presidential election on 19 December will pit Andry Rajoelina against Marc Ravalomanana as expected, the outcome of the last-minute horse-trading is uncertain. The outgoing president Hery Rajaonarimampianina has not come out in favour of [.

Subscribers only Politics 07.12.2018

Madagascar
Which former PM is gearing up for the presidential election?

The former prime minister under Hery Rajaonarimampianina, General Jean Ravelonarivo, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.03.2018

Madagascar
The president dispatches his ministers on a special mission

To rally potential voters to his cause, the Madagascan president [...]

Subscribers only Politics 02.02.2018

Madagascar
Anaclet Imbiky, the thorn in the regime's side

The magistrate Anaclet Imbiky, who served as justice minister under Didier Ratsiraka, is causing President Hery Rajaonarimampianina's government a lot [...]

Subscribers only 19.01.2018

Madagascar
China's CHEC is getting impatient

President Hery Rajaonarimampianina is anxious not to antagonise Chinese investors [...]

Subscribers only Business 17.11.2017

Madagascar
The media march to the beat of their owners' drum

As the next election draws nearer, each party is sharpening its media weapons in order to drive its message home to voters.

Subscribers only Business 20.10.2017

Madagascar
Pro-government media on the march

Media outlets that favor president Hery Rajaonarimaampianina have come out [...]

Subscribers only Politics 07.07.2017

Madagascar
Edgard Razafindravahy: a clarification

Following the publication on Jan. 13 of our article Razafindravahy [...]

Subscribers only Politics 27.01.2017

Madagascar
Razafindravahy eyes a political comeback

Edgard Razafindravahy the former chairman of the special delegation of Antananarivo (a position equivalent to a mayor during the transitional [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.01.2017

Madagascar
Tantely's ambitious cousin

After narrowly missing being elected to the permanent office of the National Assembly, the independent MP Harimampianina (Hary) Andrianarivo, the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 18.04.2014

Madagascar
Choosing a PM is a delicate balancing act

Madagascar’s new President, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, will have to wait until the parliamentary election results are officially proclaimed on 7 February, [...]

Subscribers only 30.01.2014

France, Madagascar
Future president's vacation

Before being credited with polling 53.5% of the vote in the presidential election, Hery Rajaonarimampianina went on holiday to Paris at the end of December. All expenses were paid by his French sponsors.

Subscribers only Politics 10.01.2014

Madagascar
Robinson could urge supporters to take to the street

The electoral team of Robinson Jean Louis, who won 46.5% of votes in the run-off in the presidential election, are [...]

Subscribers only 03.01.2014

Madagascar
Pierrot Rajaonarivelo

The outgoing minister for foreign affairs, Pierrot Rajaonarivelo, has found it tough to get over his failure in the election. [...]

Subscribers only 08.11.2013

Madagascar
Hery torn between love and duty

The former finance minister, Hery Rajaonarimampianina, the runner-up in the first round of the presidential poll on 25 October, is [...]

Subscribers only Politics 08.11.2013

Madagascar
TGV’s shadow hanging over second round

A meeting was planned for the afternoon of 5 November between the three presidential candidates that could potentially rally behind [...]

Subscribers only 05.11.2013

Madagascar
Controversy on electoral rolls

The main jarring note in the presidential election on 25 October concerns the large number of people left off the [...]

Subscribers only 28.10.2013

Spotlight | Madagascar
Presidential election is reviving business

While the presidential election on 25 October may not bring political stability, it has already boosted business, via the heavy expenditure by the five or six candidates with the highest profiles before the numerous international observers.

Subscribers only Politics 25.10.2013

Madagascar
Francophone organisation brings out the big guns

The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) is to pull out all the stops to supervise the presidential election in [...]

Subscribers only 16.10.2013

Madagascar
Edgard doesn’t know who to count on

The presidential candidate Edgard Razafindravahy has to deal with people leaving the party that invested him and certain people close to him changing sides.

Subscribers only Politics 27.09.2013

France, Madagascar
Cyrille Parant

The outgoing minister of finance and Malgasy presidential candidate Hery Rajaonarimampianina will doubtless be able to count on the support [...]

Subscribers only 13.09.2013

Madagascar
Jaoba bitten by the political bug

Jaobarison Randrianarivony had long vowed he wouldn’t engage in politics but has now become boss of Hery Rajaonarimampianina’s presidential campaign.

Subscribers only Politics 13.09.2013

Madagascar
Pro-Ravalomanana group fields candidate for Malagasy presidential ballot

For the moment, their chief and former president Marc Ravalomanana [...]

Subscribers only 13.09.2013

Madagascar
Antananarivo

The PDS (mayor) of the Malagasy capital and presidential candidate, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.09.2013

Madagascar
Hery, TGV’s most likely candidate

After various twists and turns, President Andry Rajoelina will not finally run in the presidential election in October. His supporters have yet to choose their candidate.

Subscribers only Politics 30.08.2013

Madagascar
Learner candidates’ campaign plans

Although the date for the next presidential election is constantly being put back, certain candidates are already starting to think about their pre-election advertising.

Subscribers only Politics 26.07.2013

Spotlight | Madagascar
TGV lurches his way out of the road map

The prospect of a presidential election, supposed to be an obligatory step in the road map to exit the political crisis, is constantly fading away. So much so that it is now not even certain that the election will be [.

Subscribers only Politics 26.07.2013

Madagascar
List of targets for sanctions being drawn up in Madagascar

According to our sources, the International Contact Group (GIC) in [...]

Subscribers only 12.07.2013

Madagascar
Some Malagasy presidential candidates on a charm offensive in Europe

While Transition President Andry Rajoelina better known as TGV, who [...]

Subscribers only 28.06.2013

France, Madagascar
Didier Ratsiraka fears for his visa

Paris’s withdrawing of visas from three candidates that the SADC does not want to run in the Malagasy presidential race is worrying former President Didier Ratsiraka.

Free access Politics 14.06.2013

Madagascar
It’s all over between JOB and TGV

Transition President Andry Rajoelina aka TGV and Prime Minister Jean Omer Beriziky have never found it easy to work together. Their relations have now reached breaking point.

Subscribers only Politics 31.05.2013

Spotlight | Madagascar
Long transition reaching its denouement

The lengthy political transition which began when Andry Rajoelina known as TGV came to power in March 2009, is about to reach its conclusion with the presidential election scheduled for the end of July. Little by little, the main candidates [.

Subscribers only Politics 12.04.2013

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Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

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Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Spotlight | Madagascar
Electoral alliances start to take shape

Madagascar
Rajoelina puts his people in new vanilla body to take control of the sector

Madagascar
Vanilla piles up as importers look elsewhere

In Focus | Madagascar
How vanilla price crisis has rocked Madagascar government

Southern Africa
US vanilla importers battle for lower minimum price

Madagascar
Electoral commission boss keen to recoup vehicles taken by former team

Madagascar
Lalanirina Ranoroarisoa to be kept on tight leash at Omnis

Madagascar
Colonel Nina Ruphin brought into government

Madagascar
Third MD in two months for Kraoma

Spotlight | Madagascar
Who will Andry Rajoelina govern with?

Spotlight | Madagascar
Presidential election lays bare polarised political landscape

Madagascar
Which former PM is gearing up for the presidential election?

Madagascar
The president dispatches his ministers on a special mission

Madagascar
Anaclet Imbiky, the thorn in the regime's side

Madagascar
China's CHEC is getting impatient

Madagascar
The media march to the beat of their owners' drum

Madagascar
Pro-government media on the march

Madagascar
Edgard Razafindravahy: a clarification

Madagascar
Razafindravahy eyes a political comeback

Madagascar
Tantely's ambitious cousin

Madagascar
Choosing a PM is a delicate balancing act

France, Madagascar
Future president's vacation

Madagascar
Robinson could urge supporters to take to the street

Madagascar
Pierrot Rajaonarivelo

Madagascar
Hery torn between love and duty

Madagascar
TGV’s shadow hanging over second round

Madagascar
Controversy on electoral rolls

Spotlight | Madagascar
Presidential election is reviving business

Madagascar
Francophone organisation brings out the big guns

Madagascar
Edgard doesn’t know who to count on

France, Madagascar
Cyrille Parant

Madagascar
Jaoba bitten by the political bug

Madagascar
Pro-Ravalomanana group fields candidate for Malagasy presidential ballot

Madagascar
Antananarivo

Madagascar
Hery, TGV’s most likely candidate

Madagascar
Learner candidates’ campaign plans

Spotlight | Madagascar
TGV lurches his way out of the road map

Madagascar
List of targets for sanctions being drawn up in Madagascar

Madagascar
Some Malagasy presidential candidates on a charm offensive in Europe

France, Madagascar
Didier Ratsiraka fears for his visa

Madagascar
It’s all over between JOB and TGV

Spotlight | Madagascar
Long transition reaching its denouement