Overview

• Colonel Michael Randrianirina announced on national radio, "We have taken the power," saying a committee of army, gendarmerie and police officers will carry out presidential functions and quickly appoint a prime minister to form a civilian government.
• President Andry Rajoelina said he is in a "safe place" and tried to dissolve the National Assembly by decree, which deputies ignored before voting 130 to impeach him, as reports he left on a French military plane remained unconfirmed by Paris.
• The High Constitutional Court declared the presidency vacant and invited the military under Randrianirina to exercise head‑of‑state functions, a move the presidency condemned as an attempted coup.
• The military said it suspended several state institutions, including the Senate and electoral body, leaving the lower house functioning as it outlines a contested transition.
• Weeks of Gen Z‑led protests over power and water outages, corruption and hardship swelled nationwide, with the UN citing about 22 dead and over 100 injured in earlier clashes, figures the government disputes, after CAPSAT troops sided with demonstrators.