{"id":28835,"date":"2026-03-16T07:20:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=28835"},"modified":"2026-03-16T07:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:20:01","slug":"madagascar-anti-corruption-chief-rajaonarison-named-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/madagascar-anti-corruption-chief-rajaonarison-named-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Madagascar anti-corruption Chief Rajaonarison named Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Madagascar&#8217;s President Michael Randrianirina said on Sunday \u200bhe had appointed anti-corruption Chief Mamitiana Rajaonarison \u200cas Prime Minister, days after dismissing the last premier along with the entire cabinet.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Randrianirina, who seized power in October and promised \u200ba string of reforms, said the \u200bnew prime minister would lead the \u2060government &#8220;on a clean path&#8221; and restore hope. \u200bThere was no immediate comment from Rajaonarison.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;That \u200bintegrity you have is what I expect from you as Prime Minister. Show that the country \u200bneeds people of integrity people who cannot \u200bbe swayed and who cannot be bought,&#8221; Randrianirina\u00a0\u200csaid \u2060in his address on state television.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He did not give any reasons when he dismissed former Prime Minister Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo and all other \u200bMinisters on Monday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Randrianirina \u200bhas \u2060led what he calls a \u201cRefoundation\u201d since taking power, following a political \u200btransition that saw the collapse \u200bof \u2060the previous government.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He has framed the agenda as a reset aimed at restoring state \u2060authority, \u200bfighting corruption and rebuilding \u200bpublic trust.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23313,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-28835","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Randrianirina seized power in October and promised \u200ba string of reforms.","published_date":"","news_description":"Randrianirina seized power in October and promised \u200ba string of reforms.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28837,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28835\/revisions\/28837"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=28835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}