Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina made his first public comments since the CAPSAT military unit turned against his government amid weekslong protests, saying he fled the country in fear for his ...

President Andry Rajoelina appears to have left the country after weeks of protests calling for him to resign. By John Eligon and Gaelle Borgia Reporting from Antananarivo, Madagascar Madagascar’s ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — An attempted coup is underway in the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar, the country’s president said on Sunday, a day after members of an elite army unit were seen ...

The head of an elite Madagascar military unit said Tuesday that it had seized power, minutes after the National Assembly voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina for “desertion of duty”. Rajoelina ...

A Madagascar army colonel says the military has taken charge of the African island nation after its parliament voted to impeach President Andry Rajoelina, following weeks of youth-led antigovernment ...

The move followed weeks of intense and deadly protests against the government of President Andry Rajoelina, who said he would defy growing calls to resign. By John Eligon Reporting from Antananarivo, ...

Some groups of Madagascan soldiers have defied orders and joined thousands of antigovernment protesters assembled in the capital, Antananarivo, as demonstrations against President Andry Rajoelina’s ...

A military colonel in Madagascar has announced that the armed forces are taking control of the country. The announcement, in front of a ceremonial presidential palace in the capital, Antananarivo, ...

Andry Rajoelina has left Madagascar after losing support in the armed forces and following weeks of youth-led protests. He reportedly left Sunday on a French military plane. Madagascar's President ...

Army colonel led push to topple elected president Rajoelina has fled Madagascar, believed to be in Dubai African Union suspends Madagascar with immediate effect Youth protests precipitated crisis on ...

In a dizzying sequence of events, the situation in Madagascar escalated rapidly. Addressing the country on national radio Tuesday, military leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina declared the military ...

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A colonel in an elite military unit in Madagascar said Tuesday that the armed forces are taking power in the Indian Ocean nation in what appeared to confirm that ...