Bloodbath in Madagascar


  • Photographer
    walter astrada
  • Prize
    3rd Place / Editorial/War/Conflict
  • Company/Studios
    Free Lance
  • Date of Photograph
    February 7

Mr. Andry Rajoelina, Madagascar city's mayor, a 34-year-old former disc jockey and entertainment impresario, has held almost daily rallies along Antananarivo's main boulevard, lambasting Mr. Ravalomanana as a millionaire dictator more interested in his own business empire than the needs of Madagascar's impoverished citizenry. On Jan. 26, at the conclusion of a rally, protesters rampaged through the streets of the capital, setting fire to factories and stores belonging to Mr. Ravalomanana. The president's television station was also attacked. On Saturday 7, with thousands attending his latest protest, Mr. Rajoelina announced that Roindefo Monja, a politician from the southwestern city of Tulear, would be the prime minister of his "transitional government". A first cordon of anti-riot police retreated as the protesters advanced. But suddenly security forces inside the palace opened fire over the protesters killing 28 and wounding 212. Finally on March 18, Rajoelina became Madagascar's acting president; a day after the army ended a months-long power struggle and swept him to power. After weeks of unrest more than 100 people in Antananarivo and elsewhere had died including 28 shot down in cold blood by the presidential guard.

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