Wife of jailed Madagascar ex-leader calls on country to 'rise up'
18 Oct 2014 / 11:25 H.
The wife of former Malagasy President Marc Ravalomanana, Lalao (in orange), leaves Antsiranana airport. AFP
ANTANANARIVO: The wife of Madagascar's ex-leader Marc Ravalomanana on Friday called for the country to "rise up" after her husband was detained upon his controversial return to the crisis-wracked island nation.
"Rise up because you are Malagasy and it is your right," Lalao Ravalomanana said on radio, adding that her 64-year-old husband was being held in undignified conditions.
Marc Ravalomanana, who was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment with hard labour, returned to Madagascar unannounced on Monday, five years after a coup forced him to flee. The African Union has criticised his return as an "unacceptable provocation." – AFP
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