Madagascar: Stumbling at the first hurdle?

This paper gives a detailed account of the order of events and explains their significance.

Events in Madagascar after the disputed first round of the presidential election held on 16 December 2001 have taken many by surprise. This paper gives a detailed account of the order of events and explains their significance. The role played by the OAU/AU, as well as foreign governments such as Senegal and France, is discussed along with the significance of the meetings in Dakar in April and June 2002.

Author

Richard Cornwell is a senior research fellow in the African Security Analysis Programme at the Institute for Security Studies.