An elite military unit told AFP Tuesday it had taken power in Madagascar after the national assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for desertion of duty. The 51-year-old president had refused growing demands to step down, going into hiding after weeks of anti-government street
Madagascar’s lower house of parliament voted Tuesday to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for desertion of duty, in a session dismissed by the presidency as “devoid of any legal basis”. The resolution passed with 130 votes in favour — well above the two-thirds constitutional threshold required in the 163-member chamber — marking a forceful rebuke of […]







