{"id":442185,"date":"2010-03-18T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T11:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-2721228412986168531"},"modified":"2010-03-18T07:28:38","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T11:28:38","slug":"african-union-acts-against-madagascar-coup-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/442185","title":{"rendered":"African Union Acts Against Madagascar Coup Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A map of Madagascar where there are reports of a military mutiny. The country has undergone political unrest between the government and opposition forces over the last several months.<\/a>
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AU acts against Madagascar leader<\/p>\n

The African Union has put sanctions on Madagascar’s leader Andry Rajoelina, after he failed to meet a deadline to set up a unity government.<\/p>\n

Mr Rajoelina and 108 of his backers will face travel restrictions and have any foreign assets frozen, the AU said.<\/p>\n

The organisation wants to force Mr Rajoelina, a former DJ who seized power a year ago, back into negotiations.<\/p>\n

For the past year, the country has been in turmoil with street protests by Mr Rajoelina’s opponents and supporters.<\/p>\n

“We believe that the sanctions are the way that will help the authorities to come back to the virtues of dialogue and negotiation,” said AU security commissioner Ramtane Lamamra.<\/p>\n

2009: A YEAR OF TURMOIL
–January Dozens killed in protests sparked after President Ravalomanana shuts opposition media groups
— February Opposition figurehead Andry Rajoelina sacked as mayor of Antananarivo
— March Army mutiny, Mr Ravalomanana resigns and flees country; Mr Rajoelina takes over, African Union suspends Madagascar
— August Power-sharing deal signed, later breached by Mr Rajoelina
— October New power-sharing deal, breached by Mr Rajoelina in December<\/p>\n

“I hope they will have the effect of nurturing wisdom. No unilateral party is capable of solving the crisis by itself.”<\/p>\n

Former President Marc Ravalomanana, who was overthrown after weeks of violent protests last year, urged his successor to resume talks.<\/p>\n

“I hope that these targeted sanctions will spur Andry Rajoelina into cooperating with the international community and that they serve as a wake-up call,” said Mr Ravalomanana, who is in exile in South Africa.<\/p>\n

But a member of Mr Rajoelina’s government, Evariste Marson, told the AFP news agency that the sanctions would have “no effect”.<\/p>\n

In December, Mr Rajoelina abandoned a peace deal he had signed up to by unilaterally appointing a military prime minister.<\/p>\n

The decision sparked violent protests outside the national assembly in the capital, Antanarivo.<\/p>\n

Story from BBC NEWS:
http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/pr\/fr\/-\/2\/hi\/africa\/8574051.stm
Published: 2010\/03\/18 09:55:01 GMT
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