Ex-Madagascar leader Didier Ratsiraka dies at 84
When he first came to power, he practised a form of Marxism and had close ties to North Korea's Kim Il Sung, Cuba's Fidel Castro, and the Kremlin.
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Ex-Madagascar leader Didier Ratsiraka dies at 84
By NewVision Reporter
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Madagascar's longtime former leader Didier Ratsiraka, a naval officer and instigator of a socialist revolution on the Indian Ocean island, died Sunday morning aged 84, president Andry Rajoelina announced.
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