Madagascar’s coup leader sworn in as president after military takeover

Col Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in (AP)

An army colonel who seized power in a military coup has been sworn in as Madagascar’s new leader in a power grab that ousted the president and sent him into hiding.

Col Michael Randrianirina, the commander of an elite army unit, took the oath of office to become the new president at a ceremony in the main chamber of the nation’s High Constitutional Court.