Youth-led unrest in Madagascar has left at least 22 people dead, UN says

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Protesters set fire to a newly built cable car station, which only operates for three hours a day, powered by a generator due to a lack of electricity in the capital, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Sarah Tetaud)

ANTANANARIVO – Violence surrounding youth-led anti-government protests in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar over the past several days has left at least 22 people dead, the United Nations’ human rights office said Monday.

The U.N. agency blamed a “violent response” by security forces for some of the deaths in the unrest that started Thursday over water and power cuts.

More than 100 people have been injured in the protests that have mirrored the Gen Z-led anti-government dem