Shaded from the blazing sun, Justin Mbehosoa Sambon enjoys a respite from hacking away at fragments of stone he sells to building contractors putting up houses in the nearby coastal town of Ma-hajanga. The builders' lorries have come less and less often of late. "Time advances, but life moves backward," he says. Like most of Madagascar's poor, he and his four children eat sparingly. Asked if he expects the country's recent presidential election to improve his lot, he musters a weak shake of the head and a bitter smile.
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