Madagascar orders camp evacuation

Madagascar coup plotters make no move, win some support - Yahoo! News UK
A small group of rebel Soldiers who threatened to topple Madagascar's government were holed up in their barracks on Thursday as the Indian Ocean island awaited the next move in the latest coup plot. Skip related content President Andry Rajoelina, who drove former leader Marc Ravalomanana into exile in March 2009 and held a Referendum on Wednesday to legitimise his rule, has dismissed the rebels as an irrelevant minority and Military leaders have backed him. There was calm across the city of ...

Madagascar coup plotters holed up in barracks
ANTANANARIVO, Nov 18 (Reuters) - A small group of Dissident Soldiers were holed up in army barracks near the Airport in Madagascar's capital on Thursday after threatening to topple the Indian Ocean island's government. About 20 officers said on Wednesday they had set up a Military council to run a country that has been mired in Political gridlock since Andry Rajoelina drove former President Marc Ravalomanana into exile in March 2009. Rebel officers asserted that they had already dissolved govern...

Madagascar govt isolates mutineers' camp
The Madagascar government on Friday ordered civilians to evacuate areas in and around a Military camp in the Antananarivo suburbs where a group of mutinous Troops are holed up. "We ask families living in the Ivato camp and residents of the surrounding area to temporarily leave the area for a safer place," the defence ministry said in a statement broadcast on national radio and television. Around 20 officers who staged an attempted coup on Wednesday are believed to be inside the camp about 15 kil...

Evacuation ordered in Madagascar after coup bid
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - Soldiers clashed briefly with hundreds of civilians Friday outside a base where Dissident Military officers have been holed up for three days after attempting a coup. Earlier Friday, the country's Defense Minister ordered civilians to clear the area. Defense Minister Gen. Lucien Rakotoarimasy said the Evacuation was not ordered in preparation for an attack but Soldiers and vehicles were deployed along a road near the base. Rakotoarimasy said negotiations are unde...

Evacuation ordered in Madagascar after coup bid
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Soldiers clashed briefly with hundreds of civilians Friday outside a base where Dissident Military officers have been holed up for three days after attempting a coup. Earlier Friday, the country’s Defense Minister ordered civilians to clear the area. Defense Minister Gen. Lucien Rakotoarimasy said the Evacuation was not ordered in preparation for an attack but Soldiers and vehicles were deployed along a road near the base. Rakotoarimasy said negotiatio...

Madagascar Bids to Avoid Bloodshed After Coup Attempt
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Madagascar’s Army said it was looking to avoid bloodshed after a group of rebel officers attempted to overthrow the government of President Andry Rajoelina yesterday. About 20 Dissident officers are at an Army Base near the airport in the capital, Antananarivo, where they issued a declaration calling for the government to be dissolved and power to be handed to the Military. Nickel prices jumped as much as 5.1 percent on concern the Crisis would delay supplies from th...

Madagascar coup plot stokes pressure on Rajoelina
By Alain Iloniaina ANTANANARIVO | Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:28am EST ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - An attempt by a handful of Dissident Troops to take over the government of Madagascar appeared to be foundering on Thursday but their rebellion increased pressure on President Andry Rajoelina to step down. A 20-strong group of officers announced on Wednesday they had dissolved government institutions and set up a Military council to run the country, but by mid-afternoon on Thursday no further actions had b...

Madagascar tells families to leave rebel barracks
By Alain Iloniaina ANTANANARIVO | Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:00am EST ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's government on Friday warned families living in a barracks housing a small group of Dissident army officers to leave, but insisted it wanted to avoid any bloodshed. The rebel officers have been holed up in the barracks near the International Airport since Wednesday, when they said they planned to topple the government and set up a Military council to run the Indian Ocean island. President Andry ...

Coup attempting officers holed up Madagascar
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Soldiers in Madagascar have often intruded in politics. But their latest attempt is fizzling, leaving a group of officers holed up at a base and the island’s civilian leader — who himself took power in a coup 20 months ago — largely ignoring what appears to have been a poorly planned putsch. The Military officers called reporters to a base near the airport Wednesday, prepared to read a list of their demands. Outside the base, the nation was voti...

Rebels attempt coup in Madagascar
Published: Nov. 19, 2010 at 12:24 PM ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Madagascar's Defense ministry has ordered an Evacuation of people living near an Army barracks occupied by rebels attempting a coup, officials said Friday. The Soldiers were holed up in barracks near the Antananarivo airport and announced they had taken control of the Island Nation two days earlier, the BBC reported. Some of the rebels were behind a coup that brought President Andry Rajoelina to power last year and t...

Madagascar plot stokes pressure on Rajoelin
By Alain Iloniaina ANTANANARIVO | Thu Nov 18, 2010 3:35pm EST ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - An attempt by a handful of Dissident Troops to take over the government of Madagascar appeared to be foundering on Thursday but their rebellion increased pressure on President Andry Rajoelina to step down. A 20-strong group of officers announced on Wednesday they had dissolved government institutions and set up a Military council to run the country. But by mid-afternoon on Thursday no further actions had be...

Coup attempting officers holed up Madagascar
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - A group of Military officers was holed up in a base near the capital's airport Thursday, a day after they tried to stage a coup in Madagascar. Andry Rajoelina, a former disc jockey who seized power with Military backing last year, appeared confident of his hold on power. On Wednesday he told reporters the majority of the Military was behind him. The capital was calm Thursday, with no sign forces loyal to Rajoelina would try to oust the mutinous officers from the ...

Evacuation ordered in Madagascar after coup bid - World AP - MiamiHerald.com
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar -- Authorities in Madagascar have called for an Evacuation of civilians living in and around a base occupied by mutinous Soldiers. Defense Minister Gen. Lucien Rakotoarimasy made the call on state television and radio Friday. Reached later by telephone, he said the Evacuation was not ordered in preparation for an attack. He says negotiations are under way. Top officers called reporters to a base near the airport Wednesday to declare they were taking over the country ...

Madagascar military group claims takeover
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — A colonel who supported a politician’s takeover in Madagascar last year claimed Wednesday that he and other top-ranking officers have taken over this Indian Ocean Island Nation. Col. Charles Andrianasoavina was joined by the head of security of the president he helped oust when he made the declaration to reporters he had called to a Military Base near the capital’s airport. Also present was a general who had served as Military chief for Andry Rajoelin...

Voting starts in Madagascar constitution poll - Yahoo! News UK
Voting got off to a calm and orderly start Wednesday in Madagascar's constitutional Referendum, meant to kickstart a process aimed at solving the island's Political Crisis, an AFP Journalist said. Skip related content In the capital Antananarivo, voters were ready and waiting when Polling Stations opened at 6:00 am local time (0300 GMT). "People seem to be taking an interest. There were people already waiting at 6:00 am," said Rija Rakotobe, an official in charge of a Polling s...

Madagascar general to persist with coup
AFP A Madagascar Army general who declared a coup in the troubled Indian Ocean island says he will persist with his power grab despite failing to win the support of The Army. Authorities went into talks with General Noel Rakotonandrasana to try and resolve the fresh crisis on the Indian Ocean island, which has been in a political limbo since Andry Rajoelina toppled president Marc Ravalomanana last year. Rakotonandrasana led about 20 Army officers on Wednesday in declaring that government inst...

Madagascar tells families to leave rebel barracks
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's government on Friday warned families living in a barracks housing a small group of Dissident army officers to leave, but insisted it wanted to avoid any bloodshed. The rebel officers have been holed up in the barracks near the International Airport since Wednesday, when they said they planned to topple the government and set up a Military council to run the Indian Ocean island. President Andry Rajoelina's government said then that it would crush any rebelli...

Madagascan coup attempt fizzling
Soldiers in Madagascar have often intruded in politics. But their latest attempt is fizzling, leaving a group of officers holed up at a base and the Island's civilian leader -- who himself took power in a coup 20 months ago -- largely ignoring what appears to have been a poorly planned putsch. The Military officers called reporters to a base near the airport on Wednesday, prepared to read a list of their demands. Outside the base, the Nation was voting on a new constitution proposed by Andry Ra...

Bangkok Post : Rebel troops claim Madagascar government suspended
Dissident Madagascan Soldiers claimed Wednesday they had taken power of the island as it voted in a constitutional Referendum, but leader Andry Rajoelina vowed a swift crackdown. Madagascan Forces stand at a distance from a burning barricade in a road leading to Antananarivo's International Airport. The Airport is near barracks occupied by Dissident Madagascan Soldiers that claimed they had taken power of the island as it voted in a constitutional Referendum. General Noel Rakotonandrasana, who p...

Officers who attempted a coup in Madagascar now holed up in base near airport; capital calm
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — A group of Military officers was holed up in a base near the capital's airport Thursday, a day after they tried to stage a coup in Madagascar. Andry Rajoelina, a former disc jockey who seized power with Military backing last year, appeared confident of his hold on power. On Wednesday he told reporters the majority of the Military was behind him. The capital was calm Thursday, with no sign forces loyal to Rajoelina would try to oust the mutinous officers from t...

Madagascar army rejects use of force against rebels
By Alain Iloniaina ANTANANARIVO | Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:04pm EST ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's army chief insisted on Friday that dialogue was the only way to end a standoff with rebel officers holed up in barracks in the capital, despite earlier government orders to quash the mutiny. The apparent refusal by The Army to use force against fellow Soldiers raises doubts about how much control President Andry Rajoelina still retains over the same Military that helped bring him to office in ...

Madagascar military coup stalls
AN ATTEMPT by a handful of Dissident Troops to take over the government of Madagascar appeared to be foundering last night, but their rebellion increased pressure on President Andry Rajoelina to step down. A 20-strong group of officers announced on Wednesday they had dissolved government institutions and set up a Military council to run the country. But by yesterday afternoon no further actions had been taken and they had not seized the presidential palace as promised. One Military chief, Gene...

Madagascar 'coup' prompts warnings
Published: Nov. 18, 2010 at 10:06 AM LONDON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Political unrest in Madagascar means British citizens should exercise vigilance following a Wednesday Referendum, the British Government said. Presidential authorities in Madagascar dismissed claims of a Military Coup after 7 million voters on the Island Nation off the southeastern coast of Africa cast ballots on a new constitution. Col. Charles Andrianasoavina, who announced the Government takeover, was one of the officers who put Pr...

Madagascar army rejects use of force against rebels
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - Madagascar's army chief insisted on Friday that dialogue was the only way to end a standoff with rebel officers holed up in barracks in the capital, despite earlier government orders to quash the mutiny. The apparent refusal by The Army to use force against fellow Soldiers raises doubts about how much control President Andry Rajoelina still retains over the same Military that helped bring him to office in a March 2009 power-grab. Early on Friday, the government warned c...

Madagascar tells families to leave rebel barracks - Africa - IOL
Soldiers patrol a street in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo. Antananarivo - Madagascar's government on Friday warned families living in a barracks housing a small group of Dissident army officers to leave, but insisted it wanted to avoid any bloodshed. The rebel officers have been holed up in the barracks near the International Airport since Wednesday, when they said they planned to topple the government and set up a Military council to run the Indian Ocean island. President Andry Rajoelina'...