Madagascar's ousted president believes the coup that toppled him shows what can happen when an impoverished country's soldiers are neglected, and said in an interview Thursday he would focus on building military discipline if he were restored to power.
Marc Ravalomanana also said he hoped his country's neighbors would ensure Madagascar was remembered as a different kind of example _ of the region's determination not to let Africa's fitful progress toward democracy be reversed.
"The African countries must respect democracy and restore the rule of law," he told The Associated Press in Johannesburg, where he took shelter after being ousted in March. …
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