Protesters cheer atop Madagascar military vehicle during a nationwide youth-led protest over frequent power outages and water shortages, in Antananarivo, Madagascar on October 11, 2025. Zo Andrianjafy/Reuters Antananarivo, Madagascar Reuters —

Madagascar’s presidency said on Sunday that “an attempted illegal and forcible seizure of power” was underway in the African nation, without providing details, a day after some soldiers joined a protest movement that had begun last month.

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 pose the most serious challenge to Rajoelina’s rule since his reelection in 2023.

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