March against govt in Madagascar

ANTANANARIVO: Thousands marched in protest against the government in Madagascar´s capital on Monday after the president denounced unrest in which two people were killed as a “coup” intended to divide the country´s people. On Saturday, police fired teargas at an opposition demonstration held in protest against new electoral laws, where one person died and more than a dozen were treated for injuries, some caused by teargas canisters. Another individual injured in Saturday´s unrest, died on Sunday, Olivat Alson Rakoto, director of a hospital in the city, told Reuters.