Madagascar President Rajoelina cements lead in boycotted election
MADAGASCAR'S incumbent President Andry Rajoelina has cemented his lead in an election marked by low turnout and an opposition boycott and appeared poised to secure a third term, with over a third of voting centres reporting results. Rajoelina, a 49-year-old entrepreneur and former DJ who first rose to power on the Indian Ocean island in a 2009 coup, had garnered 62.9% of the vote by late on Sunday, from a turnout of just 43.1%, preliminary results shared by the election commission showed. Opposition protesters clashed with police on several occasions in the run-up to the poll, saying Rajoelina should not…