Protests Gen from Madagascar: After weeks of anti -government protests led by a gene, the situation reached a critical moment when the elite military unit known as Capsat was adjacent to demonstrators and demanded the resignation of President Andra Rajoelina and other government officials. The Madagascar government was effectively overthrowed and Andra Rajoelina fled from the country and claimed that he did so to protect his life in the middle of what he described as an attempt at a coup.
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Protests Gen from Madagascar: What did Rajoelina say on her late night?
President Andra Rajoelina at the late night of Monday 13th October said from an unpublished place: “I was forced to find a safe place to protect my life.” According to the president’s office and AP, the speech for broadcasting on Madagascar’s television was delayed by the President’s office and AP for several hours after the soldiers tried to entertain control of the state transmitter buildings.
The speech was eventually broadcast on the official Facebook Presidency, but not on national television.
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These were the first public remarks of Rajoelina, because the Capsat military unit was taken away from his government as a coup. The unit joined thousands of protesters collected on the central square in the capital Antananarivo. Rajoelina urged to “find a way out of this situation” and stressed that the constitution must be respected.
President Andra Nirina Rajoelina deals with the general debate of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York September 24, 2025.
He did not publish how Madagascar or his current placement left, although the report indicated that he was evacuated on the French military aircraft.
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When did the protests of Madagascar begin?
Madagascar, a former French colony, has seen the persistent indignation over Rajoelin’s reported French citizenship, which has been frustration for some citizens for years.
Anti -government demonstrations began on September 25, initially induced by ongoing lack of water and electricity, but since then they have spread to wider dissatisfaction with Rajoelina and its administration. This means the most serious wave of riots in the island nation 31 million, located on the east coast of Africa, because Rajoelina first took power in 2009 as the head of the transitional government after the military coup. The same military unit Elite Capsat, which has now rebelled against him, played a key role in bringing it to power in 2009.
The Rakooaarisoa Safides, which is called family members, died during demonstrations, reacts when his body is brought to the demonstrators outside the town hall at Independence Avenue for prayers, during the nationwide youth protest over persistent outage and water lack, in Antananano, Madagascar.
While Rajoelina did not name those who are an apparent attempt at a coup, the Capsat unit said that it now commanded the armed forces of the country and appointed a new military leader, a step admitted by the Minister of Defense in Rajoelina.
The inhabitants and protesting sing national songs and raise their fists as they gather for civil society gathering and demand the resignation of President Ary Rajoelin and pay tribute to the victims of the protests in Antananariv.
Capat seems to have held a dominant position and is reportedly supported by other military factions, including the security forces of the gendarmerry. Col Michael Randrianirina, Commander Capsat, said the army “responded to the call of people”, but rejected the idea that it was a coup. When he spoke to journalists at the military headquarters on Sunday, he said that the future, including whether Rajoelina was going and new elections, Madagaskan people should decide.
Demonstrators march through the national protest of youth over frequent power outages and lack of water, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, 13 October 2025. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko
How many victims have occurred on the protests of the Madagascar gene from?
Meanwhile, according to the UN protests resulted in at least 22 deaths and dozens of injuries. The UN also condemned the Madagaskan authorities for what it described as a “violent reaction” to protests, which were mostly in their initial stages mostly peaceful. However, the government questioned the number of deaths.
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