From prison to presidential palace: Who is Madagascar's new military ruler?
If you'd have asked about Col Michael Randrianirina on the island of Madagascar before last weekend, you'd have got a lot of blank looks.
In just three days, however, he has become arguably the most powerful person in country.
Randrianirina's sudden ascent began on Saturday, when as the head of Madagascar's elite CAPSAT army unit, he drove with his troops into the centre of the capital c
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