Overview
- President Andry Rajoelina delivered a Facebook address saying he was forced to seek a safe place to protect his life and he did not announce a resignation.
- Multiple outlets, including RFI, reported he was flown out on a French military aircraft to Réunion, a claim his office previously disputed as France declined public comment.
- Officers from the Capsat unit said military orders would now come from their headquarters and installed General Démosthène Pikulas as army chief in a ceremony attended by the defense minister.
- State media transmission of a planned address was disrupted after armed forces reportedly entered TV offices, while protests in Antananarivo continued under the Gen Z banner.
- The UN reports at least 22 dead and more than 100 injured since late September, the opposition announced plans for impeachment, the Senate named Jean André Ndremanjary acting speaker, and Air France-KLM suspended flights to the capital.