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Madagascar’s Ex-Senate Chief Sentenced | Uganda News
Madagascar’s former Senate president, Richard Ravalomanana, has been sentenced to ten years of hard labor for complicity in murder tied to the violent crackdown on youth protests last fall — a crackdown that killed at least 22 and toppled the previous government. A retired general and ally of the ousted president, Ravalomanana is accused of ordering security forces to use lethal force during demonstrations sparked by power and water crises. Arrested in December and held in pre-trial detention for seven months, he now faces additional corruption charges while his defense argues there’s no…
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