February 19, 2011

OUSTED MADAGASCAR PRESIDENT BARRED FROM RETURNING


Marc Ravalomanana said aviation authorities in Madagascar had written to South African Airways to say he was not welcome. Ravalomanana had be book on the carrier's regular Saturday journey to Antananarivo, Madagascar's capital. A day earlier, an airport official in Antananarivo, speaking on condition of anonymity since he was not authorized to speak to reporters, had told the AP that Ravalomanana would be banned.

 
The democratically selected Ravalomanana has been in South Africa since being oust in 2009 by Andry Rajoelina, a previous disc jockey turned Antananarivo mayor who was supported by the army. Rajoelina has been shunned by the international community and has so far rejected attempt by South Africa plus other neighbors to mediate a solution that would reinstate democracy.

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