Amid Deadly Protests, the President of Madagascar Dismisses the Government

Widespread ire over rolling blackouts and water shortages that sometimes last more than 12 hours sparked the protests, which are currently in their third day. Thanks to the success of “Gen Z” uprisings in Kenya and Nepal, the protests have expanded into the biggest the Indian Ocean island has seen in years.

Conciliatory President Rajoelina said in a televised speech, “I understand the rage, the grief, the difficulties… I felt the ache and heard the call. He offered assistance to companies impacted by looting and expressed regret if officials had not fulfilled their responsibilities.

In addition to extensive violence and looting by unaffiliated gangs, the UN Human Rights Office confirmed that security forces’ actions were the cause of casualties.

The UN’s statistics, however, were denied by Madagascar’s foreign ministry, which dismissed them as the result of “rumors or misinformation. After enforcing a dusk-to-dawn curfew last week, police deployed tear gas on Monday to disperse demonstrators who had assembled near a university and tried to march into the city center.

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