{"id":4461,"date":"2025-10-16T07:51:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/?p=4461"},"modified":"2025-10-16T07:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T07:55:12","slug":"madagascars-coup-leader-declares-himself-president-as-african-union-suspends-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eandelmagazine.com\/eandelmagazine\/madagascars-coup-leader-declares-himself-president-as-african-union-suspends-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Madagascar\u2019s Coup: Colonel Michael Randrianirina Declares Himself President, as African Union Suspends Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colonel Michael Randrianirina, the army officer who seized power in Madagascar this week, announced he will soon be sworn in as president. This is a decision that the island nation\u2019s political crisis is inflicting, and has prompted the African Union to suspend its membership.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Randrianirina at 42 years, emerged from the chaos of youth-led protests over crippling power cuts and water shortages, which spiraled into a full-blown revolt against President Andry Rajoelina\u2019s government. Backed by sections of the military, the colonel marched with soldiers through Antananarivo\u2019s Independence Avenue on Tuesday, joining crowds of chanting demonstrators calling for change.<\/p>\n

The ousted leader, Rajoelina, fled the country over the weekend but remains defiant, rejecting what he called a \u201cmilitary hijack of democracy.\u201d His fall marks a stunning reversal for a man who himself rose to power through a coup in 2009 before reinventing his image as a civilian businessman-president.<\/p>\n

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As\u00a0the African Union condemned the power grab and froze Madagascar\u2019s participation in continental affairs, life in the capital returned to an uneasy calm. Shops reopened, but whispers of fear lingered over who now truly holds power, and whether the island\u2019s fragile democracy can survive yet another reset led by men in uniform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colonel Michael Randrianirina, the army officer who seized power in Madagascar this week, announced 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