NAIROBI (Reuters) -Madagascar’s 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 Rajoelina’s rule since his reelection in 2023.

(Reporting by Ammu KannampillyEditing by Alexandra Hudson)

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