A court has convicted Madagascar’s ousted president of conspiracy to commit murder in a case related to the turmoil of the coup that toppled him.
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The chief mediator of Madagascar’s political crisis launched a fresh attempt Thursday to find a solution to the Indian Ocean island state’s turmoil sparked by a coup in March 2009.
Brussels – The European Union will extend next week the suspension of 600-million euros of development aid to Madagascar for 12 more months for failing to return to democracy after a March 2009 coup, a draft statement showed.
Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon issued a statement Wednesday, welcoming the African Union ’s adoption of sanctions against Madagascar’s transition government, which came to power one year ago as the result of a coup.
The leaders of Madagascar’s four main political groups will meet in Geneva at the weekend to set up transitional institutions to restore stability after a coup in March.
