Madagascar police fire teargas at opposition protests

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - 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, a Reuters witness said.

(Reporting by Lovasoa Rabary, Writing by Duncan Miriri, Editing by William Maclean)

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