Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has been toppled in a military coup and gone into hiding following three weeks of political unrest and youth-led protests.

President Rajoelina attempted to dissolve Madagascar’s National Assembly after the Parliament voted on Tuesday to impeach him, even as the island nation’s embattled leader declared the process unconstitutional and vowed to stay in power.

Rajoelina fled the island, off the Southern coast of Africa , on a French military plane, after an elite army unit, known as CAPSAT, defected from the army and government and joined the Gen Z-led protesters demonstrating against inequality and corruption in the country of 29 million people.

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