Amid intensifying youth-led protests, a top army commander in Madagascar on Tuesday announced that the military had taken control of the government, shortly after lawmakers impeached President Andry Rajoelina and he fled the country.

Rajoelina had refused to step down despite escalating Gen Z demonstrations demanding his resignation and widespread defections in the army.

Military Hands Out List Of Suspended Institutions

“We have taken the power,” Colonel Michael Randrianirina declared on national radio and said that the military was dissolving all institutions except the lower house of parliament or National Assembly.

Randrianirina later told reporters a committee led by the military would rule the country for a period of up to two years alongside a transitional government before o

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