Hello, we'd like to tell you something about the poitical situation in our country. This year Madagascar experienced total chaos, above all  in Antananarivo the capital and largest city of Madagascar. Things fell apart in our usually calm island as anti-government protesters burned, looted and vandalized. Since March we have the youngest president of Africa. Andry Rajoelina is a former disc jockey nicknamed after the French express train "TGV" for his rapid fire rhetoric and personality. He accused the president of being a dictator starving his people. After an extended power struggle, Rajoelina had the backing of the military when he walked into Ravalomanana's office on March 17, 2009 and declared himself president. According to the MAdagascar constitution, Rajoelina is sic years too young to be president, who must be 40 to lead. Most world leaders did not attend his formal installation on March 21, 2008. The tensions are going on, at least 130 people have been killed. During the transition in the government, people have been illegally hunting and logging in Marojejy National Park and other conservation areas in Madagascar.While the new Malagasy government is otherwise preoccupied and some park rangers have left their posts, armed groups are cutting down valuable rosewood trees. Laws prohibiting the export of rosewood were repealed in January 2009, so the illegally acquired logs can be sold and exported for profit. Extracting resources from these conservation areas is likely to threaten already critically endangered species such as the silky sifaka lemur one of the top 25 most endangered primates in the world.