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Madagascar's presidency said connected Sunday (October 12, 2025) that "an attempted amerciable and forcible seizure of power" was underway successful the African nation, without providing details, a time aft immoderate soldiers joined a protestation question that had begun past month.
Troops from the elite CAPSAT portion that helped President Andry Rajoelina prehend powerfulness successful a 2009 coup urged chap soldiers to disobey orders and backmost the youth-led protests, which began connected September 25 and airs the astir superior situation to Rajoelina's regularisation since his reelection successful 2023.
A Reuters witness saw 3 radical injured aft shots were fired on a roadworthy to the CAPSAT barracks connected Sunday. Other witnesses said determination was nary motion of ongoing clashes.
The protests, inspired by Gen Z-led movements successful Kenya and Nepal, began implicit h2o and energy shortages but person since escalated, with demonstrators calling for Rajoelina to measurement down, apologise for unit against protesters, and dissolve the Senate and electoral commission.
At slightest 22 radical person been killed and 100 injured successful the unrest since September, according to the United Nations. The Malagasy authorities has disputed the figures, with Rajoelina saying this period that 12 radical were killed successful the protests.
In a connection connected the presidency's authoritative societal media account, Mr. Rajoelina's bureau said helium firmly condemned attempts to destabilise the state and urged each forces "to basal unneurotic successful defence of law bid and nationalist sovereignty." It encouraged dialog to resoluteness the crisis.
Videos connected societal media connected Saturday (October 11) showed CAPSAT soldiers urging chap troops to "support the people."
A video broadcast by section media showed that dozens of soldiers near the barracks aboriginal connected Saturday to escort thousands of protesters into the May 13 Square successful Antananarivo, the country of galore governmental uprisings, which had been heavy guarded and disconnected limits during the unrest.
Since then, the premier curate and army's main of unit person urged citizens to instrumentality portion successful dialog and enactment calm.
