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Madagascar's
political crisis is likely to turn increasingly
violent as frustrated supporters of the island's
two rival leaders resort to war tactics to break
the deadlock, analysts said this week. The vast
Indian Ocean island off southeast Africa is
divided between two presidents, two cabinets and
a split military. Self-declared President Marc
Ravalomanana, who says he won December elections
but was cheated out of victory by vote rigging,
controls the capital. Veteran President Didier
Ratsiraka, who says no one won the poll and wants
a second round of voting, retains considerable
support in the provinces.
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A
foreign Roman Catholic missionary is reportedly
killed in clashes between the country's rival
leaders. |
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