Madagascar's coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina, who was sworn in as president on Friday, named businessman Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo as the country's prime minister Monday. Randrianirina took ...

Colonel Michael Randrianirina, who led a coup in Madagascar, will serve as president for up to two years before holding elections. The African Union has suspended the country's membership in the bloc.

ANTANANARIVO - Madagascar's coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina, who seized power this month, named businessman and consultant Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo as the island nation's new prime ...

Colonel Michael Randrianirina was sworn in as Madagascar’s president on Friday, after seizing power in a military coup following youth-led protests. The military takeover has been condemned by the ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Madagascar's new government has stripped ousted president Andry Rajoelina of his Malagasy nationality in a decree published Friday, media reports said, 10 days after he was ...

Military leader to take his oath as president on Friday as African Union calls for the restoration of civilian rule. Madagascar is the latest of several former French colonies to have fallen under ...

Madagascar has submitted Luck Razanajaona’s Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story to the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th Academy Awards, as its first ever Oscar entry. News of the ...

Johannesburg — Large crowds gathered Friday in Madagascar's capital city to watch the leader of the African island nation's recent military coup be sworn in as its new president. Col. Michael ...

Army colonel led push to topple elected president Rajoelina has fled Madagascar, believed to be in Dubai African Union suspends Madagascar with immediate effect Youth protests precipitated crisis on ...

This week, the military in Madagascar grabbed power as youth-led protests escalated, forcing President Andry Rajoelina to flee. The scenario was a familiar one for Rajoelina, 51, a former DJ, who was ...

An army colonel who seized power in a military coup was sworn in as Madagascar’s new leader Friday in a lightning-fast power grab that ousted the president and sent him fleeing from the country into ...