riots and deaths
Deaths as thousands riot in Madagascar
“Power belongs to the people. They can seize it (but) the government is proving to be a dictatorship every passing hour.” Mr Ravalomanana was re-elected as president in 2006 by a large majority, but poverty remains rife in the country and discontent is rising. Negotiations to lease vast tracts of its arable land to the South Korean conglomerate Daewoo last year also triggered controversy.
-Andry Rajaolina, Mayor of Antananrivo, in the Telegraph
