The military handed power to Andry Rajoelina, the 34-year-old former mayor of Antananarivo. Rajoelina and Ravalomanana have been engaged in a bitter power struggle since the beginning of the year.

Madagascar's military handed over the reins of the island nation to opposition leader Andry Rajoelina on Wednesday, ending a ...

ANTANANARIVO, MADAGASCAR — Madagascar’s opposition chief emerged from two weeks of hiding to declare himself president on Saturday, setting up another showdown with the country’s increasingly isolated ...

JOHANNESBURG — Many supposedly invincible leaders have been forced to flee their countries or have gone into hiding to avoid incarceration, execution, or political retaliation by successor governments ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Madagascar’s highest court ruled Thursday that next month’s presidential election be postponed for a week to allow authorities to prepare after two candidates were injured ...

Madagascar presidential candidate Andry Rajoelina is leading in an election runoff after 92 percent of the votes were declared, the electoral commission said on Sunday, drawing allegations of fraud ...

Madagascar presidential hopeful Marc Ravalomanana has said he is confident of closing the gap for a second round victory over his rival who narrowly beat him in the first leg of presidential polls.

In its animated Hollywood incarnation, the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar is a natural paradise whose white sand beaches surround a lush tropical jungle populated by lemurs. And the Dreamworks ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Madagascar’s former president has been arrested, just hours after he returned to the island nation following more than five years in exile. A public relations company released a ...

The U.S. endorsed Marc Ravalomanana as ruler of Madagascar after a bloody six-month tussle for power. The move is a potentially decisive shift in efforts to stem the Indian Ocean island’s descent into ...

One of the men disputing the presidency of Madagascar, Marc Ravalomanana, has agreed to delay his inauguration, in a move aimed at reducing tensions on the divided island. Mr Ravalomanana, who has ...