AU calls for formation of Madagascar unity govtThe African Union African Union (AU), international organization established in 2002 by the nations of the former Organization of African Unity (OAU). The AU is the successor organization to the OAU, with greater powers to promote African economic, social, and political integration, on Tuesday called on Madagascar's political rivals to urgently implement a power-sharing deal reached last week aimed at ending the country's protracted pro·tract tr.v. pro·tract·ed, pro·tract·ing, pro·tracts 1. To draw out or lengthen in time; prolong: disputants who needlessly protracted the negotiations. 2. political crisis. Madagascar's current leader Andry Rajoelina, the president he ousted Marc Ravalomanana Marc Ravalomanana (born December 12, 1949 in Imerinkasinina[1][2]) is a Malagasy politician. He comes from the Merina ethnicity.[1] He is currently the President of Madagascar; he took office in 2002, during a dispute over the results of the and two former presidents signed a consensus deal to form a government, which mediators admitted was fragile. The accord saw Rajoelina retain his post, introduced two co-presidents, a prime minister, three vice prime ministers and 31 ministers to steer the Indian Ocean Indian Ocean, third largest ocean, c.28,350,000 sq mi (73,427,000 sq km), extending from S Asia to Antarctica and from E Africa to SE Australia; it is c.4,000 mi (6,400 km) wide at the equator. It constitutes about 20% of the world's total ocean area. island to elections in 2010. In a statement, the AU's Peace and Security Council urged the rivals "to intensify their consultations to finalise, without delay, the consensual distribution of positions of responsibility." Rajoelina and Ravlomanana have already differed over how to interpret the agreement, a sign observers said points to the difficulty of implementing the November 6 deal reached in Addis Ababa. Weeks of sometimes violent protests led by Rajoelina culminated with the president's ouster ouster n. 1) the wrongful dispossession (putting out) of a rightful owner or tenant of real property, forcing the party pushed out of the premises to bring a lawsuit to regain possession. in March, plunging the country into an institutional and political limbo. 
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