Author: SARAH TETAUD Associated Press, GERALD IMRAY Associated Press, ABC News
Published on: 12/10/2025 | 12:24:40
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President Andry Rajoelina’s office offers no details on who was behind the attempt. A commander of the elite CAPSAT unit denies any coup had taken place. The unit claims to have taken control of all of Madagascar’s armed forces. Madagascar has been shaken by three weeks of the most significant unrest in years in the nation. CAPSAT is the same army unit that was pivotal in a 2009 military-backed coup that brought Rajoelina to power as the head of a transitional government. Saturday’s protests were among the largest since the unrest began on Sept. 25. “Do we call this coup? I don’t know yet,” Randrianirina had said. The youth-led protests first erupted last month over electricity and water outages. Protesters have brought up a range of issues, including poverty and the cost of living. The U.N. Criticized the security forces for a “violent response” in the early days of the protests.
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