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Madagascar sacks controversial mayor
Madagascar fired Andry Rajoelina on Tuesday after he said he would establish an interim government if the island’s president did not step down.
Madagascar fired Andry Rajoelina on Tuesday after he said he would establish an interim government if the island’s president did not step down.
Under the eyes of the world this time, Madagascar goes to the polls on Sunday in presidential elections that will test its democratic credibility. The last presidential contest, in 2001, from which then-president Didier Ratsiraka banned observers, split the country for six months and drove it to the point of civil war.