Around 11m registered voters are thought to have cast their ballots in Madagascar’s elections, which took place despite an opposition boycott following weeks of protests. There’s much at stake for the island nation – here’s 5 reasons why the Malagasy elections matter.

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"Madagascar is an island and I thought we don't have any enemy from abroad. The result is this coup."

In 2009, Marc Ravalomanana, the democratically elected president of Madagascar, was deposed from power and forced into exile, following violent clashes and a coup d'etat that left more than 100 people dead and the African island nation in turmoil.

Coup leader Andry Rajoelina, a former radio DJ and business magnate, became president of Madagascar's High Transitional Authority. Since then, income inequality, poverty and malnutrition have increased in Madagascar.

From his exile in South Africa, Ravalomanana is determined to regain power by peaceful means and to return to his country. But the road back to his country and to democracy is a minefield of political intrigue and international economic interests.

And there are more than political ideals at stake.

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The election commission said Saturday (Nov. 25) that Andry Rajoelina won the first round of the presidential election with 58.95 of the votes.
Just over 46% of the 11 million voters cast a ballot. Ten of the 12 rivals of Rajoelina refused to campaign and urged voters to shun the ballot.

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Madagascar's Parliament has passed a law which says surgical removal of testicles for child rapists. The law has been criticised by the rights group Amnesty International, which termed it as 'inhuman and degrading treatment'
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"Faced with the various acts of sabotage that took place" on Tuesday evening, "I will shortly be issuing an order instituting a curfew from 21:00" (18:00 GMT) and "until 04:00 in the morning" (01:00 GMT), said General Angelo Ravelonarivo at a press conference in Antananarivo shortly before Wednesday

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Christine Razanamahasoa, who leads a mediation group to find a way out of a political crisis that has raged for weeks, said Thursday (Nov. 09) the current situation in the country did not allow for a free and credible vote to be held in a few days.

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Madagascar's opposition presidential candidates have held a major rally in Antananarivo denouncing what they describe as an "illegitimate electoral process" ahead of November elections.

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Eleven of the 13 presidential candidates in the running had called on supporters to march on the central May 13 square to protest what they have described as an "institutional coup" to favour incumbent Andry Rajoelina

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Madagascar's new PM Olivier Solonandrasana has promised to eliminate corruption in the country.

Solonandrasana was installed Wednesday and stressed that the anti-corruption drive will help rescue the country.

"I have always been a promoter of integrity and transparency. My profound wish is to ensure that this fight against corruption should become a reality in Madagascar," Prime Minister Olivier Solonandrasn said.

The new prime minister was appointed two days after the nation was plun…
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It has not rained properly in southern Madagascar for years. Last year, one million people were dependent on emergency aid, and this year, aid organizations fear that the number will rise. The rains are still not coming - even though it is actually the beginning of the rainy season. Our correspondent Adrian Kriesch visited the Ambovombe region, where the situation is particularly bad.

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Security forces in Madagascar fired tear gas to disperse a rally called by opposition parties on Saturday ahead of elections next month, injuring former president Marc Ravalomanana, according to an AFP correspondent at the scene.

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Madagascar's president is set to seek re-election on Thursday in the face of weeks of protests by opposition groups who say he is ineligible to run and the vote should be delayed. Over the past six weeks, police have used tear gas to break up regular protests by supporters of Andry Rajoelina's political opponents who say he should be disqualified because he acquired French nationality in 2014.
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The head of Madagascar's lower house of parliament on Thursday called for the suspension of next week's presidential elections, after weeks of regular opposition rallies.
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Voting closed in the first round of Madagascar's presidential election, which took place despite a boycott by most opposition candidates and weeks of violent protests in the run-up to polling day https://reut.rs/3MHrGbi

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Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina secured re-election in the initial round of a contested ballot, marked by opposition boycotts, as confirmed by the election commission on Saturday.
An opposition candidate has appealed to the High Constitutional Court, to demand the annulment of the ballot.

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Communities in southern Madagascar are on the verge of starvation after a combination of drought, sandstorms and pest infestations destroyed harvests. The U.N. said $75 million was needed before the end of the year to fight the crisis.

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Madagascar’s president said on Monday he had appointed the country’s local representative of the International Labour Organisation, Christian Ntsay, as the new prime minister.

Former Prime Minister Olivier Mahafaly resigned his post earlier on Monday to comply with the terms of a court ruling that ordered the formation of a new consensus government to end a political crisis on the Indian Ocean island nation.

"I have appointed Prime Minister Christian Ntsay, an experienced man with the skills t…
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