After weeks of anti-government protests led by Gen Z, the situation reached a critical moment on Saturday when an elite military unit sided with the protesters and demanded the resignation of the president and other government officials, the Madagascar government was toppled, with the President Andry Rajoelina fleeing the country to protest his life and claiming the coup attempt.

This takes place a month after a separate Gen Z-led protest that brought down the government in Nepal.

The speech was eventually aired on the presidency’s official Facebook page but not on national television. Also Read | Madagascar Leader Appoints Military Man as New Prime Minister

These were Rajoelina’s first public remarks since the CAPSAT military unit defected from his government in what seemed like

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