Madagascar
ANTANANARIVO - A Madagascar army colonel arrested for participating in last November's coup attempt in the country alleged Saturday that local businessmen, but also Indian and Pakistani businessmen, helped to finance the March 2009 coup.
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - Soldiers in Madagascar stormed a national police barracks to put down what the prime minister called a rebellion in clashes that left three dead Thursday.
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - Soldiers and police clashed in what a police colonel described as a failed mutiny Thursday in Madagascar's capital, leaving one police officer dead and five wounded, officials said.
PRETORIA, South Africa - Madagascar's rival political factions are discussing a deal hammered out by international negotiators that calls for new elections on the Indian Ocean island nation.
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - Security forces have used tear gas to scatter protesters demonstrating against Madagascar's military-backed leader.
