Madagascar president says ‘attempt to seize power illegally’ under way

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Elite troops joined youth-led protests over utilities that have swelled into gravest threat to Rajoelina.

Madagascar’s presidency says “an attempted illegal and forcible seizure of power” was under way in the African nation, without offering any evidence, a day after some soldiers joined a protest movement that started last month.

In a statement on Sunday, President Andry Rajoelina accused unknown actors of attempting the coup, a day after soldiers publicly sided with protesters demanding his resignation.

The troops from the elite CAPSAT unit that helped Rajoelina seize power in a 2009 coup urged fellow soldiers to disobey orders and back the youth-led protests, which began on September 25 and are posing the most serious challenge to Rajoelina’s rule since his reelection in 2023.

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