Mada-gascar's prime minister and his government resigned on Thursday, in line with a road map proposed by international mediators to end a two-year political crisis on the Indian Ocean island. Eight out of 11 political groups in Madagascar initialled the plan backed by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) on Wednesday. It calls for a new prime minister to be appointed, based on proposals from the political parties.
"The prime minister and the government he ran have presented their resignations to me," President Andry Rajoelina told reporters. "I have accepted the resignation of the government." "I am calling on all political actors to propose the names of people they consider capable of becoming prime minister and running a government to move towards elections," he said.