Madagascar leader wins presidential vote, constitutional court says
Antananarivo, MadagascarReuters Madagascar’s incumbent resident, Andry Rajoelina, was declared the winner on Friday of the 16th November election by the country’s High Constitutional Court, which handed him a third term after dismissing various challenges to provisional results. “Andry Rajoelina is elected as the President of the Republic of Madagascar and is taking his functions as […]
Madagascar army warns against destabilisation after officers accused of plot
Antananarivo, MadagascarReuters Madagascar’s army warned on Wednesday against any attempt to destabilise the country after the island nation’s top prosecutor announced that two officers had been charged with inciting rebellion before the 16th November presidential election. Madagascar’s President and a presidential candidate Andry Rajoelina casts his ballot at a polling station during the presidential election […]
Madagascar leader poised for third term after boycotted election
Antananarivo, Madagascar Reuters Madagascar’s incumbent leader Andry Rajoelina effectively secured a third term after the electoral body (CENI) on the weekend said he had obtained the most votes in a presidential election marked by a low turn out and an opposition boycott. Provisional results announced by CENI at the end of tallying showed Rajoelina garnered […]
Madagascar President takes huge lead in early results of low turnout vote
Antananarivo, MadagascarReuters Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina took a predictably commanding early lead on Friday in his bid for re-election in a vote marked by low turnout and an opposition boycott, preliminary results showed. The 49-year-old entrepreneur and former DJ rose to power on the Indian Ocean island in a 2009 coup, stepped down after almost […]
Opposition rejects Madagascar vote as counting underway
Antananarivo, MadagascarReuters Voting closed in the first round of Madagascar’s presidential election on Thursday, which took place despite a boycott by most opposition candidate and weeks of violent protests in the run-up to polling day. The election unfolded peacefully with a low-key security presence across the capital Antananarivo but turn-out was low. A Madagascan polling […]
Madagascar’s Rajoelina seeks re-election after weeks of opposition protests
Antananarivo, MadagascarReuters Madagascar’s President is set to seek re-election on Thursday in the face of weeks of protests by opposition groups who say he is ineligible to run and the vote should be delayed. Andry Rajoelina – a 49-year-old entrepreneur and former DJ – rose to power in a 2009 coup that scared off investors […]
Cyclone Freddy death toll jumps to over 1,000, Malawi President says
Blantyre, Malawi Reuters The death toll from Cyclone Freddy has risen sharply to more than 1,000 people, Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera said on Wednesday, as the southern African nation continues to recover from one of the deadliest storms to hit the continent in the last two decades. People cross a flooded area in Muloza on […]
Cyclone Freddy: How churches are mobilising relief for African landslide, flood victims
TONNY ONYULO reports on how church leaders are acting to bring aid to those impacted by the devastating storm…
Malawians search for relatives buried under the mud as death toll jumps
Blantyre, MalawiReuters In Malawi, where floods swept away entire villages this month after a storm tore through its southern districts, police officers and soldiers on Friday dug for victims buried under the mud and rocks as the death toll rose sharply. The storm has pounded the southern African country as tropical Cyclone Freddy swept through […]
Malawi buries cyclone victims as death toll rises further
Blantyre, Malawi/Maputo, Mozambique Reuters Malawian families gathered on Wednesday to remember and bury the victims of Tropical Cyclone Freddy, with the President Lazarus Chakwera calling on the international community for support as the toll rose further. Freddy tore through southern Africa for the second time in a month over the weekend and was still causing […]