Madagascar
JOHANNESBURG, 24 June 2009 (IRIN) The future of reconciliation in Madagascar may hinge on its youth, but their involvement in months of political violence and continued exposure to turmoil has left them embittered and particularly vulnerable, says a new report. "Adolescents…
Madagascar
FOREWORD Increasingly, Africa's history of political unrest, civil wars and conflicts portrays the face of youth. Yet, in the landscape of humanitarian and development interventions, youth seem to have been largely forgotten. Caught in a limbo of being neither children, nor…
Madagascar
JOHANNESBURG, 22 June 2009 (IRIN) Where many have tried and failed, now the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has called on Madagascar's political rivals to consider peaceful dialogue to end months of political crisis. Heads of State of the 15-nation…
Madagascar
EXTRAORDINARY SUMMIT OF SADC HEADS OF STATE AND GOVERNMENT 1. The Extraordinary Summit of SADC Heads of State and Government met in Sandton, Republic of South Africa, on 20 June 2009 to consider the political and security situation in Madagascar. 2.…
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SANDTON (AFRIQUE DU SUD) 1. Les chefs d'Etat et de gouvernement de la SADC se sont réunis le 20 juin 2009 à Sandton (République d'Afrique du Sud) en Sommet extraordinaire afin d'examiner la situation politique et sécuritaire à Madagascar. 2. La…
Madagascar
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Madagascar field office and the Malagasy government on Tuesday, 16 June, 2009 in Antananarivo, signed a grant agreement of US$ 1 million as emergency humanitarian aid for victims of the floods caused by cyclone…
Madagascar
Les pays membres de la Communauté de développement de l'Afrique australe (Sadc) se réuniront samedi à Johannesburg, en Afrique du Sud, pour débattre de la crise à Madagascar, a annoncé le gouvernement sud-africain, précisant qu'"une sessions extraordinaire a été…
Madagascar
AU/U.N led mediations suspended * No date said for resumption of negotiations By Richard Lough ANTANANARIVO, June 16 (Reuters) - The African Union (AU) indefinitely suspended crisis talks in Madagascar on Tuesday after failing to broker a deal among the island's…
Madagascar
Context The situation in Madagascar remains unstable and unresolved, if relatively calm. The resulting climate of ongoing uncertainty is exacerbating an already fragile economy, which has been suffering from the impact of the global economic situation, against a background of…
Madagascar
Government quits talks over amnesty clause * Ravalomanana's camp talks of power share By Alain Iloniaina ANTANANARIVO, June 14 (Reuters) - Madagascar's government has quit internationally mediated talks to end its political crisis, rejecting a political amnesty deal that would allow ousted leader…
