MADAGASCAR NEWS – The new president of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, celebrated and consolidated power on Wednesday. He has been appointed by the Indian Ocean island's military in a move which drew international disapproval.
Andry Rajoelina is a 34-year-old former disc jockey (DJ). He is the youngest president in Africa. He partied with supporters in the street after meeting his ministers to plan out strategies.
This newest presiden’s priorities are anti-poverty programs that is expected by locals, handling international concern at his ascent to power and controlling some dissent in the armed forces.
To several thousand supporters celebrating in the capital Antananarivo's May 13 square he said, "We will bring about the return to a normal life, to security and above all national reconciliation, which is at the heart of democracy."
President Marc Ravalomanana who is 59 years old resigned on Tuesday after most of the military backed his rival that led weeks of anti-government strikes and protests there.
The unrest there killed minimum of 135 people, devastated the $390 million-a-year tourism sector and at the same time also worried multinationals with investments in the mining and oil industries.
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