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ADP and Rajoelina clash over airport security provider

The new international terminal in Ivato, November 2019. © Ravinala-airports

Ravinala, the consortium led by Aéroports de Paris that runs the airports serving Antananarivo and Nosy Be, wants the government to ditch CSPI-M as these facilities' security provider. [...] (348 words)

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