Madagascar: Reactions to Ousted President Ravalomanana Attempting to Return · Global Voices
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Tropical storm Binziga  has just hit Madagascar, having killed killed six people and leaving about 7,500 without adequate shelter. Yet  the attention is focused on the return of the Ousted Madagascar President Marc Ravalomanana, who issued a statement and spoke at a news conference in Johannesburg on  Thursday Feb. 17, 2011. He says he will return from his exile in South Africa.  Ravalomanana was forced to flee on 2009 and despite facing a life sentence in prison, has decided to return to Madagascar. His attempt at coming back on February 18th was rebuked by the air traffic authority of Madagascar who issued a persona non grata  notice on the ousted president.
( Ravalomanana's reaction at press conference after being refused to board on the plane)
(thousands of people gathering at the airport to welcome the ousted president)
Here are some reactions on Twitter as news of his attempt at returning home  surfaced:
[ Editor's note: it is important to note that there was a high volume of twitter updates about this subject that were not confirmed or verified as the situation is still very fluid. For instance, many users posted that Ravalomanana was already on the plane when he was still only attempting to board]
‘sûr et certain #Ravalomanana sera de retour à #Madagascar ce samedi 19.02'~sénatrice Naika Eliane au téléphone avec @NRakotoarson
‘sure and certain #Ravalomanana will be back #Madagascar this Saturday  19.02'~senator Naika Eliane on the phone with @NRakotoarson
[blaogy.com] Raha hody Ravalo: IZay izany no vaovao farany tamin'ity herinandro ity dia ny… http://goo.gl/fb/QXuzy
[blaogy.com] if Ravalo decide to return:  the latest news of this week will be… http://goo.gl/fb/QXuzy
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Vidéo de la conférence de presse de Marc Ravalomanana http://www.tananews.com/?p=14799
conférence live of  Marc Ravalomanana http://www.tananews.com/?p=14799
‘Ravalomanana return to #Madagascar is the last roll of the dice of a desperate man'~Thomas Wilson, #Africa analyst http://bit.ly/hhDYao
Retour Ravalomanana Conférence Live + Video sur http://www.topmada.com/ ou http://www.livestream.com/madagascardemocracy #madagascar
Ravalomanana return – Conférence Live + Video on http://www.topmada.com/ or  http://www.livestream.com/madagascardemocracy #madagascar
No ultimatum had been given to former Malagasy prez Ravalomanana to leave #SouthAfrica http://bit.ly/epZfC0 #Madagascar http://ff.im/y8vzO
#Wikileaks 2010-02-11 : Gompertz (..) #Madagascar was “obviously a very embarrassing subject” for France http://bit.ly/gM4ZT8
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