Where is the 'international community'? There is a political crisis in Madagascar, but don't tell the "international community". (For the Record: Madagascar).(Brief Article) From: New African | Date: April 1, 2002| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2002 IC Publications Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The tense political situation in this African island nation has greatly exposed the hollowness of the "international community's" so-called concern for democracy and human rights in Africa.

Madagascar went to the polls on 16 December 2001 to elect a new president (see NA, Feb & March). The opposition leader, Marc Ravalomanana, a millionaire businessman and former mayor of the capital, Antananarivo, is widely believed to have won. But the incumbent, President Didier Ratsiraka, in power since 1975, has refused to accept the results. He did not even allow in European Union ...