Friday, September 2, 2011

Madagascar: Politics

Western powers and Madagascar's African neighbours have accused President Rajoelina of trampling on democracy, and some in the military have grown disenchanted with him in recent months.
Most Malagasy, as the nation's people are known, live in poverty, which ecotourism, vanilla production and the recent discovery of oil have done little to alleviate. The country is famed for its lemurs and other unique wildlife ...