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Photos: Police fire tear gas in violent Madagascar protests
Thousands of antigovernment protesters have marched through Madagascar’s capital, with several sustaining injuries when police forcefully dispersed the latest demonstration in a two-week youth-led movement. Violent clashes erupted on Thursday...
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Police fire tear gas as violence erupts in Madagascar protests
Published On 10 Oct 202510 Oct 2025 Thousands of antigovernment protesters have marched through Madagascar’s capital, with several sustaining injuries when police forcefully dispersed the latest demonstration in a two-week youth-led movement....
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Gen Z lead protests against stadium build in Morocco amid health system decline
A youth-led Moroccan protest group is demanding better healthcare and education(Image: AFP via Getty Images) As Morocco builds what promises to be the world’s largest football stadium, a Gen Z-led movement has taken to the streets to protest...
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Madagascar holds Govt accountable as President pleads to be given 1-year to end loadshedding … failure to which he will resign
Madagascar holds Govt accountable as President pleads to be given 1-year to end loadshedding … failure to which he will resign Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina invited various groups from civil society to hold talks in the presidential...
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Government Response to Madagascar Protests Highlights the Urgency of Youth-Led Movements Across Africa
To be a young person in Africa is to navigate constantly and fully appreciate the systemic hurdles that complicate evolving into adulthood. It’s a collective dawning that has sparked more youth-led demonstrations in countries across the continent,...
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Police fire tear gas, rubber bullets as Madagascar protesters rally
At least 1,000 anti-government protesters have marched in Madagascar’s capital to demand that the president resign, as police used tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds. The demonstration on Thursday comes in the third...
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Madagascar Protesters Reject President Rajoelina’s ‘National Dialogue’ Offer
Home Africa Madagascar Protesters Reject President Rajoelina’s ‘National Dialogue’ Offer The so-called Gen Z movement said they would not hold talks with the government as long as authorities respond to their demonstrations with force. Youth...
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Madagascar president holds talks despite protesters' boycott
Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina invited various groups from civil society to hold talks in the presidential palace on Wednesday. The initiative was an attempt to regain control and ease the country’s crisis amid a nationwide protest...
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The Island of Pirates: Raharimanana on Madagascar’s Revolutions, Past and Present
Translated by Allison M. Charette 2002: Books were burning in front of my father’s house. There was the military. And the militias. Who, by ousting the dictator, were already setting up a new system of corruption and oppression. It’s no accident....
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Madagascar president holds talks spurned by protesters
ANTANANARIVO - Youth protesters in Madagascar on Wednesday rejected an offer to join President Andry Rajoelina's "national dialogue" with various groups, accusing his government of repression after weeks of demonstrations in the African island...
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Egypt Secures World Cup Return as Madagascar Surges
Egypt sealed their place at the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Wednesday with a commanding 3-0 victory over Djibouti, marking the Pharaohs’ return to the global stage eight years after their last appearance. Mohamed Salah delivered when it mattered most,...
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Madagascar’s Junior Doctors Join Youth-Led Protests As Anger Grows Over Poor Pay, Health Conditions
Protests continued across Madagascar on Tuesday, a day after President Andry Rajoelina appointed a new prime minister, with anger spreading to the healthcare sector. Hundreds of medical students and junior doctors walked out of the Joseph...
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Deadline looms for Rajoelina as Madagascar unrest grows over
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Mass protests in Madagascar over power cuts, water shortages and alleged corruption have put President Andry Rajoelina under growing pressure, with a youth-led movement giving him until Wednesday night to meet its demands or face a nationwide...
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Madagascar president names army general as PM amid Gen Z-led demos: "Someone clean"
Madagascar president Andry Rajoelina appointed army General Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo as prime minister after dissolving the government The move followed mass youth-led protests over power outages, water shortages, and corruption Demonstrators...
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Medical students are pushed with shields and clubs by Malagasy security forces during a demonstration in Antananarivo, on October 7, 2025, where protests have rumbled for two weeks
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Madagascar: Junior doctors join Gen Z-led protest movement as pressure mounts on president
Protests were ongoing in the streets of Madagascar on Tuesday, a day after President Andry Rajoelina appointed a new prime minister. In Antananarivo, anger has spread to the healthcare sector. Hundreds of medical students and junior doctors left...
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Madagascar’s president appoints general as PM to stop Gen Z protests
Madagascar President, Andry Rajoelina, on Monday, appointed General Ruphin Fortunat Dimbisoa Zafisambo as prime minister, hoping to quell surging protests against his leadership that have plunged the country into crisis. In the latest near-daily...
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Madagascar president appoints army general as prime minister in bid to defuse protests
Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina on Monday appointed General Ruphin Fortunat Dimbisoa Zafisambo as the country’s new prime minister, in a bid to ease mounting anti-government protests that have pushed the nation into political crisis. The...
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Madagascar president names army general as prime minister amid youth-led protests
Military general Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo gestures after being named Prime Minister by Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina at the Lavoloha Presidential Palace in Antananarivo, Madagascar, October 6, 2025. SIPHIWE SIBEKO / REUTERS Madagascar's...
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Madagascar president taps general for PM in bid to defuse protests
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Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina on Monday appointed General Ruphin Fortunat Dimbisoa Zafisambo as prime minister, hoping to quell surging protests against his leadership that have plunged the country into crisis. In the latest near-daily...