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The new Malagasy President has been sworn in and vows to create independent bodies to fight against the widespread corruption of this insular country of the Indian Ocean.
Andry Rajoelina, who was leading the country from 2009 to 2014 in a transitional government after a military coup, said Saturday in front of the crowd in the capital that for the first time since independence, Madagascar was witnessing a peaceful and democratic transfer of power between two elected leaders.
Rajoelina, 44, won the second round after the Constitutional High Court rejected all complaints about the results. The rival candidate and former president Marc Ravalomanana had alleged massive fraud on election day, but then congratulated Rajoelina on his victory.
More than two-thirds of Madagascar's 25 million people live in extreme poverty and Rajoelina is committed to restructuring the economy for "strong growth".
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