Madagascars presidency said in a statement on Sunday that an attempted illegal and forcible seizure of power was underway in the African nation, without offering any evidence, a day after some soldiers joined a protest movement that started last month.
The troops from the elite CAPSAT unit that helped President Andry 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 Rajoelinas rule since his reelection in 2023.
