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Military Takes Power After Gen Z Protests In Madagascar

Watch The Full Philip DeFranco Show: https://www.youtube.com/defranco?sub_... Subscribe for more Quickie News: https://www.youtube.com/defranco?sub_... Gen Z may have just toppled another government. Right, last month, it was Nepal. And now, it’s Madagascar – the island nation off the southeastern coast of the African mainland. But to really make sense of this all, let me give you some context. Right, Madagascar is a former French colony – and it’s now one of the poorest nations in the world. With 75% of the country’s 30 million people living below the poverty line according to the World Bank – and only one-third having access to electricity according to the IMF. And with that, we actually saw protests kicking off in the country late last month in response to chronic water and power cuts. But they soon escalated to reflect wider discontentment with the government over unemployment, corruption, and the cost of living. And like in Nepal, they came with a death toll. Right, the UN said at least 22 people were killed in the clashes – although the president put the death toll at 12. And the president? That’s a guy by the name of Andry Rajoelina. He’s a businessman and former DJ who gained power in 2009 by ousting the previous president in a coup backed by the army – and in particular with the help of an elite military unit known as CAPSAT. But on Saturday, you actually had CAPSAT troops leaving their barracks and joining the protests against the president – saying the next day that they had seized leadership of the military command and taken control of all the armed forces. With the president warning that a coup attempt was underway. And with that, on Monday, it was reported that the president had been flown out of the country on a French military plane – possibly heading to Dubai – and that French President Emmanuel Macron had authorised the evacuation. You then had the president saying he was sheltering in a "safe place" after a group of military personnel and politicians allegedly planned to kill him – although CAPSAT denied the allegation. WIth the colonel in charge of the unit saying the army had never had any intention to harm "even a single hair on his head.” But from there, despite being in exile, you had the president announcing that he was dissolving the national assembly. —————————— Produced by: Cory Ray, Philip DeFranco Edited by: James Girardier, Maxwell Enright, Julie Goldberg, Christian Meeks, Matthew Henry Art Department: William Crespo Writing/Research: Jared Paolino, Philip DeFranco ———————————— #Madagascar #GenZ #Politics