Spotlight | Madagascar
National Assembly speaker and Christian churches bid to defuse electoral crisis

Madagascar
Rajoelina gears up to bury hatchet with SADC

For the first time in August, Antananarivo will be taking on the rotating presidency of SADC for the next year. An opportunity to turn the page on the conflictual relationship between Andry Rajoelina and the regional organisation.

Madagascar
National mediation platform gains second wind after election

The grouping former speaker of the National Assembly Christine Razanamahasoa and the executive committee of the Council of Christian Churches of Madagascar set up for the 2023 election has been turned into a think tank of politicians and intellectuals.

Madagascar
Outsider Razafinjoelina faces stiff fight in Antananarivo mayoralty race

With the help of a tightly-knit team, the opposition candidate is trying to hold his own against two contenders backed by current president, Andry Rajoelina, and former head of state Marc Ravalomanana respectively.

Madagascar
Island nation's renewable energy producers court Andry Rajoelina

The newly-founded Madagascar Renewable Energy Association wants to persuade Madagascar's president to do more with clean energy.

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Madagascar
Disquiet in diplomatic community after blackballing of EU ambassador

Since Andry Rajoelina's request for the EU ambassador to leave the island, a small group of ambassadors has been secretly trying to quell the diplomatic crisis.

Madagascar
Karana business barons drag out dispute in courts

Africa Intelligence lifts the lid on the simmering dispute between the powerful boss of Ocean Trade Co, Moustafa Hiridjee, and the businessman Moustapha Ameraly Radjan.

Madagascar
Former Malagasy minister turns down UN post

Prior to Sarah Rabearisoa's election in late December to head the office of the African Women Leaders Network, it was former foreign affairs minister Béatrice Attalah who had been approached by the UNDP's Chief Technical Advisor.

Madagascar
Reappointment of Ntsay provokes tensions

The announcement of Madagascar's next prime minister, initially scheduled for 2 January, was a little longer coming than expected. But the reappointment of Christian Ntsay has caused some tensions.

Madagascar
Acting President Ravalomanana's army officer purge continues to the end

Until Andry Rajoelina's investiture for his next term on 16 December, the interim president, retired General Richard Ravalomanana, has continued his low-key cull within the upper ranks of the army replacing those deemed untrustworthy.

Madagascar
Christian churches council to supervise national consultation

The organisation grouping Madagascar's four biggest Christian churches has agreed to supervise pre-election dialogue in the island nation. It plans to hold a series of forums and to deploy observers to try to ensure the upcoming presidential polls are trouble-free.

France, Madagascar
Ex-minister Rolly Mercia paints himself as whistleblower as trial looms

Accused by his former boss, businessman Maminiaina Ravatomanga, of providing the French courts with wrongful information, former journalist and communications minister Rolly Mercia is calling on human rights organisations for help. The most recent is the African Union.