US EditionMadagascar’s Gen Z protesters clash with police as they call for president to step down
Youth protests in Madagascar have led to 22 deaths, with demonstrators demanding President Rajoelina resign over corruption and ongoing power and water shortages.
- On Thursday, about 1,000 protesters marched in Antananarivo, clashing with police who used tear gas and stun grenades as they demanded President Andry Rajoelina resign.
- The near-daily protests began on September 25 over water and power cuts and expanded into anger over corruption and nepotism, while Gen Z Madagascar mobilised largely online inspired by Nepal and Sri Lanka.
- During clashes in the Anosy and Mahamasina districts, security forces used armoured vehicles, tear gas and rubber bullets while protesters barricaded streets with rocks and burning tires.
- The United Nations said at least 22 people had been killed, while President Andry Rajoelina disputed that figure, telling Reunion La Premiere `There have been 12 confirmed deaths and all of these individuals were looters and vandals`.
- On October 6, Rajoelina appointed a military general as prime minister and more than 200 civil society organisations warned of a 'military drift'.
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After receiving "disquieting reports of continued violence against demonstrators by the gendarmerie", Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, renewed his appeal to the Malagasy authorities.
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UN calls on Madagascar to avoid unnecessary force against protesters
The United Nations on Friday called on Madagascar authorities to avoid unnecessary force against protesters, a day after clashes with police at a youth-led rally in the capital, where deadly unrest has rumbled for two weeks.
Gen Z protesters in Madagascar clash with police as they call for president to step down
About 1,000 protesters marched in Madagascar's capital on Thursday, clashing with police who used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse them in the third week of what has been the most significant unrest in years in the Indian Ocean island nation.
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Police clash with protesters as thousands rally in Madgascar
Several thousand anti-government demonstrators marched on Thursday through Madagascar's capital, several of them injured when police cracked down on the latest youth-led protest of the past two weeks.
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