African Leaders by FlaxmanR

Question 4

In 2009, media mogul Andry Rajoelina seized power from incumbent president Marc Ravalomanana despite constitutionally being too young to lead the country (an issue he subsequently rectified by pushing through a change to the constitution in November 2010). In the end, both men were discouraged from running in the 2013 elections, won by Rajoelina’s former finance minister Hery Rajaonarimampianina. What island nation was rocked by this political instability?

Madagascar

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