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"When I came to Madagascar, I was taken to the boat-owner’s house. We stayed there for 14 days. We were a mix of Somali and Madagascans," he says.

From several types of frogs and a Madagascan dragonfly, to a ghost shrimp and prehistoric sea creature, the list is impressive.

They also want Rajoelina to be disqualified from running on the grounds that he is not a Madagascan citizen, an accusation he has in the past dismissed.

The charge states the pair allegedly sought a bribe to ensure “legislation would pass in the Madagascan parliament to allow Gemfields to commence a mining operation”.

The Madagascan president's chief-of-staff has been charged in the UK with seeking a bribe from a gem mining firm.