History: The Mini Civil War

Ratsiraka was up against Marc Ravalomanana, the mayor of Antananarivo, the capital. The first election was inconclusive but Ravalomanana said that the election was rigged and in 2002 he declared that he was president. Ratsiraka was so angry at this that he set up his own capital called Toamasina, and declared that he was president also. Now Madagascar was going through its own civil war with two presidents and two capitals, until the high constitutional court counted up the votes and said that Ravalomanana was the winner. After hearing this Ratsiraka ran away to France. The president, Marc Ravalomanana, resigned in 2009 and gave his power to the military leader to mayor Rajoelina. But Rajoelina staged protests on the radio every week that talked about how bad a president Ravalomanana was and so Ravalomana fired him. Rajoelinas supporters were so angry that they staged a rebellion in the streets and 28 people were shot. Most of the people were on Rajoelinas side so Ravalomana surrendered. And the rest is yet to be history!