By Fidel Amakye Owusu Across Africa, a recurring political drama is playing out: ousted autocrats, even after years in exile, continue to cast long shadows over...
By Fidel Amakye Owusu In the heart of the Indian Ocean, Madagascar is teetering on the edge of political collapse. Acute shortages of water and electricity,...
Madagascar President-Elect Hery Rajaonarimampianina. PHOTO/Reuters Madagascar on Friday declared Hery Rajaonarimampianina, a former finance minister backed by strongman Andry Rajoelina, as the country’s new president, after...
Hery Rajaonarimampianina. PHOTO/Reuters With all votes tallied, Hery Rajaonarimampianina has a commanding lead in Madagascar’s presidential run-off, although his victory speech will have to wait until...
Election observers have certified Madagascar’s run-off presidential election as free and credible on Sunday, urging the candidates to stay calm as counting continued after the vote....
Jean Louis Robinson – a former health minister in Madagascar backed by ousted President Marc Ravalomanana took the lead in early vote counting in presidential elections,...
Madagascar votes. PHOTO/AFP Results trickled in from Madagascar’s presidential election on Saturday, though it was too early to identify a dominant candidate in the vote that...
Voter casts ballot in Madagascar presidential elections. PHOTO/Stephane De Sakutin/AFP Residents of the island-nation of Madagascar voted Friday in a presidential election they hope will restore...
(AFP) – Eight million voters go to the polls Friday in a presidential election that is hoped will return Madagascar to democratic rule, attract much needed...
Lalao Ravalomanana (Reuters) – The wife of deposed Madagascar leader Marc Ravalomanana deflected international demands to pull out of a presidential election in August, telling reporters...
The African Union has said it will not recognize Andry Rajoelina as Madagascar’s president if he wins July’s presidential election, piling more pressure on the incumbent...
