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

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina in October 2021. © Joel Kouam/Reuters

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. [...]

Published on 29/05/2023 at 04:40 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Madagascar
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Madagascar
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