US EditionMadagascar’s president leaves country on French military plane after Gen Z protests: Report
- Opposition leader Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko confirmed to Reuters, `The president left the country, we called the staff of the presidency and they confirmed that he left the country`.
- Last month, demonstrations that began on September 25 over repeated water and power cuts broadened into youth-led demands for President Andry Rajoelina's resignation.
- A faction of the paramilitary gendarmerie formally took control and appointed Gen Demosthene Pikulas as army chief, while CAPSAT refused to fire and escorted protesters in Antananarivo.
- At least 22 people have been killed and more than 100 injured since September 25, the United Nations says, while the TIM party plans impeachment and several of Andry Rajoelina’s allies fled to Mauritius.
- About 75% of people in Madagascar live below the poverty line, and a hotel worker earning 300,000-ariary said wages barely cover food.
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While part of the army joined the challenge, the Malagasy president, cut off in a "safe place", refused to leave power and called for respect for the Constitution.
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Madagascar's president flees country following Gen Z protests
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina fled the country after the military sided with young protesters, marking the second time a youth-led movement toppled a government in just over a month. Youth-led demonstrations against Rajoelina began on Sept. 25. Originally in protest of soaring utility prices, demonstrators morphed their cries into broader expressions of discontent over government corruption, poverty, and the general cost of living. The …
Andry Rajoelina reappeared in a video where she asked for respect for the Constitution and addressed the problems of power cuts, while avoiding specifying her whereabouts and promising to seek solutions
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