Madagascar to hold presidential election next May

ANTANANARIVO – Madagascar will hold presidential elections on May 8 next year, officials said on Wednesday, as the Indian Ocean island follows a political road map aimed at ending three years of unrest.

Madagascar has been in crisis since 2009 when then-opposition leader Andry Rajoelina ousted President Marc Ravalomanana with the support of the army after opposition protests.

Ravalomanana was sentenced in absentia to life in prison for the killings of demonstrators by elite troops in the coup.

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