Madagascar’s military on Tuesday announced it had assumed control of the Indian Ocean island nation after President Andry Rajoelina fled abroad, capping weeks of anti-government protests and deepening one of the country’s gravest political crises in years.
Colonel Michael Randrianirina, a commander in the elite CAPSAT unit, declared on national radio that the army had “taken the power” following the president’s flight and the National Assembly’s vote to impeach him.
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Randrianirina, who led a mutiny of soldiers siding with demonstrators, said the armed forces were dissolving all institutions except the lower house of
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