Overview

• In Madagascar, the UN human rights office reports at least 22 people killed and more than 100 injured since youth-led demonstrations erupted over water and power outages.
• President Andry Rajoelina dismissed his government, yet protesters kept mobilizing across major cities and faced tear gas and arrests, including the detention of a deputy.
• Organizers branded as Gen Z coordinate largely online, with rallies spreading beyond Antananarivo and adopting shared symbols such as the One Piece pirate flag.
• In Morocco, police made repeated arrests across several cities as authorities restricted gatherings after Discord-organized calls for better health care and education.
• Prosecutors in Rabat moved a first group of 37 defendants to court, with 34 released under caution for a hearing set on October 7 and three held in a separate case, following protests sparked by reports of eight maternal deaths in an Agadir public hospital.