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Madagascar protests: how ousted president Andry Rajoelina’s urban agenda backfired

By Fanny Voélin, PhD candidate in geography, University of Bern
The youth-led protests that eventually brought down Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina were sparked, in part, by his attempt to use large-scale urban infrastructure projects as a means of consolidating power.

Rajoelina’s government placed urban mega-projects at the centre of its strategy to assert power and legitimacy.…The Conversation


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