Madagascar faces the southeastern coasts of Africa, from which it is 400 km at the narrowest point of the Mozambique Channel. The island of Madagascar is conventionally included in the African continent although for many peculiarities it can be considered a land in its own right: it hosts unique plant and animal species and is…
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Madagascar 2009
Yearbook 2009 Madagascar. At the beginning of the year, dissatisfaction with President Marc Ravalomanana and his government increased. The discontent was channeled through the capital Antananarivo’s only 34-year-old Mayor Andry Rajoelina, who criticized restrictions on freedom of speech and the government’s decision to lease vast agricultural land to the South Korean industrial group Daewoo. At…