Johannesburg - Madagascar's deposed president, Marc Ravalomanana, is in Swaziland after being forced from office, according to a Swazi newspaper report Tuesday.
The Swazi Observer newspaper, quoting the Foreign Ministry of the mountain kingdom that is landlocked with South Africa, reported that Ravalomanana had arrived the previous day on an undisclosed mission.
Swazi King Mswati III currently chairs the security organ of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), of which the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is a member.
Antananarivo - Around 5,000 opponents of Madagascar's new leader Andry Rajoelina on Monday demonstrated in the capital Antananarivo over his installation as interim president following a power grab that has been condemned worldwide.
Around 5,000 people attended the rally in Antananarivo's May 13 square, the square where Rajoelina's supporters staged seven weeks of near-daily protests that eventually toppled ex-president Marc Ravalomanana last week.
Antananarivo - Madagascar's new leader Andry Rajoelina was inaugurated as president Saturday at a stadium ceremony attended by some 50,000 cheering supporters in the capital, Antananarivo.
The ceremony, following seven weeks of violence which saw the ousting of elected president Marc Ravalomanana, came a day after the African Union suspended the country over Rajoelina's "coup".
Washington - The United States moved to cut off aid to Madagascar on Friday following the forced resignation of the Indian Ocean island's president that amounted to a "coup d'etat," the State Department said.
The president of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, resigned on Tuesday under pressure from the military. He ceded control to mutinous generals, who in turn appointed opposition leader Andry Rajoelina as interim president.
Addis Ababa/Antananarivo - Madagascar's new leader was in a corner Friday after the African Union suspended the country over his "coup" and the Southern African Development Community said it was planning sanctions.
The chairman of the AU Peace and Security Council, Bruno Nongoma Zidouemba, said that Rajoelina's army-backed arrival to power through the streets constituted a "civilian and military coup".
Washington - The United States was reviewing relations with Madagascar following the "undemocratic" transfer of power in the country, the US State Department said Thursday.
State Department spokesman Robert Wood said it was too early to say if the review would results in a cut-off of the millions of dollars in aid the United States provides annually to the troubled African nation.
"We've taken a close look at this. And we believe recent political developments in Madagascar constitute an undemocratic transfer of power," Wood said.
Johannesburg - Madagascar's deposed president, Marc Ravalomanana, is in Swaziland after being forced from office, according to a Swazi newspaper report Tuesday.
Antananarivo - Around 5,000 opponents of Madagascar's new leader Andry Rajoelina on Monday demonstrated in the capital Antananarivo over his installation as interim president following a power grab that has been condemned worldwide.
Antananarivo - Madagascar's new leader Andry Rajoelina was inaugurated as president Saturday at a stadium ceremony attended by some 50,000 cheering supporters in the capital, Antananarivo.
Washington - The United States moved to cut off aid to Madagascar on Friday following the forced resignation of the Indian Ocean island's president that amounted to a "coup d'etat," the State Department said.
Addis Ababa/Antananarivo - Madagascar's new leader was in a corner Friday after the African Union suspended the country over his "coup" and the Southern African Development Community said it was planning sanctions.
Washington - The United States was reviewing relations with Madagascar following the "undemocratic" transfer of power in the country, the US State Department said Thursday.
