An army colonel who led a lightning-fast coup takes over
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Deadly "Gen Z" protests in Madagascar led to a president's impeachment and the swearing-in of coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina as the new leader.
Madagascar’s military has seized power from the civilian government, a high-ranking commander announced after President Andry Rajoelina fled the sprawling Indian Ocean island country for his safety
Col Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as the new president of Madagascar days after a military takeover on the Indian Ocean nation. He swapped his fatigues for a suit and thanked the young people who took to the streets for weeks of protests that prompted President Andry Rajoelina to flee the country and led to his impeachment.
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UN condemns military takeover in Madagascar as coup leader to be quickly sworn in as president
The United Nations chief has condemned the military takeover in Madagascar as an army colonel who led the coup is set to be quickly sworn in as president three days after announcing soldiers had taken
ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -Madagascar's coup leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina was sworn in as president on Friday to cheers, blaring trumpets and raised swords, days after taking control of the island nation in the wake of youth-led protests that forced out his predecessor.
The young people who toppled the government are now confronting questions about what’s next, and who will deliver on their demands.
An army colonel who seized power in a military coup was sworn in as Madagascar's new leader Friday in a lightning-fast power grab that ousted the president and sent him fleeing from the country into hiding.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia said on Wednesday that it was closely watching events in Madagascar and hoped that bloodshed would be avoided after the military took power following weeks of youth-led protests.
In a 4x4 bumping and rattling along a dirt road in Madagascar, Nomentsoa Randriamamonjy explains a local idiom. A few generations ago, the phrase “when the eastern forest disappears” was Madagascar’s equivalent of “when pigs fly”. That forest once stretched the entire length of the island’s east coast, some 1,600km (see map).
The rise and fall of the DJ-turned-politician is dizzying even by the standards of this African island country
Por GERALD IMRAY y NQOBILE NTSHANGASEANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Un coronel del ejército que tomó el poder en un golpe de Estado militar asumió el viernes como nuevo
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