Madagascar connected to EASSy fiber optic cable - PhysOrg
Madagascar has been connected to EASSy, a high bandwidth fibre optic cable that connects countries on Africa's eastern coast to the rest of the world, Telecom Malagasy (Telma) said Saturday. The Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System is supposed to ...
MADAGASCAR: Will AU sanctions be a "wake-up call"? - Global Security
JOHANNESBURG, 18 March 2010 (IRIN) - True to its word, the African Union (AU) has announced the imposition of sanctions against Madagascar's "de facto authorities" – exactly a year after Andry Rajoelina, backed by the military, ousted former ...
Crisis Group Shows Madagascar Way Out Of Stalemate - Turkish Weekly
NAIROBI (IDN) – Formerly an independent kingdom that was colonised by the French in 1896 but regained independence in 1960, the island nation of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean off the south-eastern coast of Africa has been in crisis since the ...
Madagascar’s Former Ruler Urges Rajoelina to ... - Bloomberg
Rajoelina, who ousted Ravalomanana a year ago with the help of the military, in December abandoned power-sharing deals reached with his rivals earlier in 2009. The AU has said it will impose sanctions on people associated with Rajoelina’s ...
Madagascar: Ending the Crisis - Crisisweb
Nairobi/Brussels, 18 March 2010: To end Madagascar's crisis –which deepened with expiration of an Africa Union deadline on 16 March – the mediation should cease trying to implement a transitional power-sharing deal and instead aim for consensual ...
Tropical storm Hubert leaves dozens dead and thousands ... - UNICEF
MANANJARY DISTRICT, Madagascar, 19 March 2010 – One week after tropical storm Hubert wreaked havoc on the coastal towns of south-eastern Madagascar, the flood waters have receded and families are returning to their homes in the district of Manajary ...
Madagascar leader hardens stance after AU sanctions - Reuters AlertNet
ANTANANARIVO, March 20 (Reuters) - The president of Madagascar has rowed back on concessions made to political rivals in power-sharing talks last year, after the African Union imposed sanctions on the Indian Ocean island. [ID:nLDE62G21P] In a ...
AU sanctions Madagascar 1 year after coup - San Francisco Chronicle
The African Union has sanctioned Madagascar after its government failed to implement a power-sharing deal prompted by last year's coup. The sanctions imposed Wednesday include visa restrictions, freezing of bank accounts and diplomatic isolation. The ...
MADAGASCAR: A year of crisis - Reliefweb.int
ANTANANARIVO, 16 March 2010 (IRIN) - Madagascar's political deadlock masks an increasingly fragile humanitarian situation that will keep deteriorating if no solution to the ongoing crisis is found. A year after former President Marc Ravalomanana was ...
African Union Sanctions Madagascar's Leaders - Global Security
The AU Peace and Security Council has slapped harsh penalties on Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina and 108 other senior government officials. The sanctions include a call for Madagascar's diplomatic isolation until the government returns to ...
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Thai protesters' caravan wends through capital
A crimson tide of protesters snaked its way through the Thai capital Saturday, with thousands of cars, trucks and motorbikes tangling up traffic as demonstrators sought to drum up support for ousting a government they call illegitimate.
Nepal leader who helped end king's rule dies at 86
Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepal's former prime minister who led mass protests that ended the king's authoritarian rule and helped deliver a peace deal to end 10 years of communist revolt, died Saturday. He was 86.
Sandstorm turns Beijing sky orange
 China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country’s north, making breathing the air “very bad for health.”
Avalanche engulfs sledders, at least 1 dead
At least one person was killed and several others are feared buried after a massive avalanche engulfs a group of snowmobilers in western Canada, according to reports.
Married at 9, divorced at 10: Girl's memoir
In a harrowing memoir she has yet to read herself, Nujood Ali tells how at age 9 she was forced to marry a man three times her age, raped and beaten, then made Yemeni history by getting a divorce.
Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq
 Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.
Thousands of BA flights canceled as crew on strike
Retiree Richard Moore arrived at Heathrow with a suitcase of summer clothes for a Miami cruise only to be sent to Denver. Susan Danby wondered if plans for a joint 50th birthday celebration in Las Vegas would be a losing bet.
Pakistan tribal council: Army must destroy Taliban
Hundreds of tribesmen from Pakistan's semiautonomous regions near the Afghan border ended a rare tribal council meeting Saturday with a declaration calling for the army to crush the Taliban.
Thousands rally in Russia against Putin
 Thousands rally across Russia to denounce government economic policy and demand more freedom in a new challenge to the Kremlin reflecting increasing disillusionment.
Spain says video shows firefighters on holiday
A Spanish firefighting force says a video released by French officials investigating an alleged ETA shooting does not show the suspected gunmen, but rather a group of Catalan firefighters on holiday.
Saving lives — one Afghan mother at a time
Pope blasts Irish bishops for ‘grave errors’
 Pope Benedict XVI's unprecedented letter to Ireland apologizing for chronic child abuse within the Catholic Church fails to calm the anger of many victims.
U.N. chief: Israel must stop settlements
 Visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says that Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal, while a Palestinian teenager is killed in clashes with Israeli troops elsewhere in the West Bank.
Obama appeals to Iranians in online video
In a fresh appeal to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the U.S. wants more cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
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