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Hery Rajaonarimampianina won the presidency at the last election, in 2013. (AFP)
ANDRY RAJOELINA

Madagascar presidential election: What you need to know

World’s fourth-largest island to vote on next head of state amid political crisis, rampant poverty

  • Agency
7 min read
Ravalomanana’s exile plans thwarted mid-air
ARAB SPRING

Ravalomanana’s Malagasy return up in the air

An attempt to return home by Madagascar’s deposed president Marc Ravalomanana has been thwarted in the air by Malagasy ground control.

  • Niren Tolsi
7 min read
ANDRY RAJOELINA

Former Madagascar president Ratsiraka ends exile

Urging reconciliation in Madagascar, former president Didier Ratsiraka has returned home, ending a nine-year exile in France.

  • Gregoire Pourtier
4 min read
Madagascar’s ousted leader poised for return
AFRICAN UNION

Madagascar’s ousted leader poised for return

Madagascan parties have signed an agreement allowing the return of Marc Ravalomanana whose 2009 ouster plunged the country into political paralysis.

  • Gregoire Pourtier
3 min read
ANTANANARIVO

Madagascar goes to polls for new Parliament

Madagascans vote on Sunday for the Indian Ocean island’s Parliament, with President Marc Ravalomanana’s party tipped to continue its domination of the Assembly. Ravalomanana…

  • Gregoire Pourtier
2 min read