| Published Sat, April 21st 2018 at 12:58, Updated April 21st 2018 at 13:10 GMT +3Madagascar police fire teargas at opposition protests. [Courtesy]Madagascar police fired teargas at opposition demonstrators protesting against new electoral laws they say are designed to lock out their candidate from a presidential election due later this year. Hundreds of protesters gathered in the center of the capital early on Saturday to protest against the laws which were enacted by parliament earlier this month, before police dispersed the protests by firing dozens of teargas canisters at the crowd. One opposition lawmaker accused the government of attacking opposition MPs while carrying out their work and demanded the president’s resignation. The opposition is also contending provisions on campaign financing and access to media in the laws.

Source: Standard Digital April 21, 2018 09:11 UTC