ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar: President Andry Rajoelina ratcheted up tensions in Madagascar Tuesday (Oct 14) by dissolving the National Assembly to block a vote to force him out of office as thousands gathered for new protests calling for his resignation.Civil servants and trade unionists joined the large crowd i

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina said he fled the country in fear for his life following a military rebellion but did not announce his resignation in a speech broadcast on national television

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina was toppled Tuesday in a military coup that capped weeks of youth protests over poverty, power outages and a lack of opportunity in the Indian Ocean island country. Right after...

The embattled President of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, appears to have fled the country and to have been deposed by a coup.

Madagascar’s President Rajoelina claims he survived an assassination plot amid youth-led protests and military unrest, plunging the nation into crisis.