The sentencing in absentia of Madagascar’s former president Marc Ravalomanana to hard labour for life will not help resolve problems in Madagascar, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said on Thursday.
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A court in the capital, Antanarivo, has sentenced former president Marc Ravalomanana and two officers to life imprisonment with hard labour for the part they played in the deaths of about 30 protesters before he was forced from office in 2009.
The sentencing of Madagascar’s former president Marc Ravalomanana to hard labour for life may prove to be one more obstacle in the island’s attempts to emerge from its current political crisis.
Cape Town – South Africa sold riot control equipment to Madagascar around the time the military ousted President Marc Ravalomanana, the justice ministry said on Monday, but denied suggestions that Pretoria acted improperly in doing so.
Freedom of Speech , Human Rights , Protest , Religion , War & Conflict: The beginning of the year in Madagascar has been marked with yet more protests where protesters have been fired upon and the harassment of those perceived as close to the former regime of Marc Ravalomanana… Two journalists working for Radio Fahazavana, Lôlô Ratsimba and Didier Ravoahangiarison, have been arrested.
