Madagascar president flees country after military unit joins anti-government protests

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Madagascar president flees country after military unit joins anti-government protests  Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina made his first public comments since the CAPSAT military unit turned against his government amid weekslong protests, saying he fled the country in fear for his life.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/10/14/madagascar-president-flees-country-after-military-unit-joins-anti-government-protests  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Madagascar's president, Andriy Rajolina, says he has fled the country after weeks-long anti-government protests that led to a military rebellion.

00:12Ongoing Gen Z-led protests reached a pivotal point on Saturday when an elite military unit, known as CAPSAT, joined,

00:20prompting Rajolina to say that an illegal attempt to seize power was underway.

00:30Ongoing Gen Z-led protests are made of by the FDR, the Middle East, and the People and Helios of the FDR.

00:40They are the only people who care who are with this.

00:44They are the only ones who can't protect their lives and be in their own country but in the same身 of their own country.

00:58the most significant unrest since Rajolina first came to power in 2009 as the leader of a

01:04transitional government following a military-backed coup. The protests began on the 25th of September

01:10over chronic water and electricity outages, before snowballing into wider discontent with

01:16Rajolina and his government. The United Nations says the protests left at least 22 people dead

01:23and dozens injured, criticizing what it called a violent response of Madagascan authorities to

01:28what were largely peaceful protests in the early days of the movement.

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