ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina named Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo, a military general, as the country’s new prime minister on Monday, a week after dissolving the government in response to ongoing protests fuelled by power outages and water shortages. (Reporting by Lovasoa Rabary; writing by George Obulutsa; editing by Chris Reese)
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ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina named Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo, a military general, as the country’s new prime minister on Monday, a week after dissolving the government in response to ongoing protests fuelled by power outages and water shortages.
(Reporting by Lovasoa Rabary; writing by George Obulutsa; editing by Chris Reese)