Madagascar’s embattled President Andry Rajoelina appeared to reach the end of the line on Tuesday, fleeing the country amid rumors of a coup and unsuccessfully attempting to dissolve Parliament before it could impeach him.
Huge public demonstrations against Rajoelina’s government began in mid-September, prompted by anger over frequent power and water shortages. The people of Madagascar, known as the Malagasy, were also frustrated by rampant government corruption.
The protests became part of the “Gen Z” movement, an uprising across several developing nations by young people who detest their calcified and corrupt governments. Youthful demonstrators in Madagascar took inspiration from protests in Nepal and Indonesia.
Rajoelina tried to suppress the protests with a brutal police crackdown, but that only made the protesters more determined.
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