Overview

• President Andry Rajoelina appointed Major General Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo as prime minister a week after sacking his cabinet, seeking to calm unrest.
• Gen Z Mada, the youth movement leading near-daily rallies, dismissed the reshuffle as a diversion and delivered written demands to the presidency.
• The demands include a public apology for protest violence and institutional changes such as overhauling the Constitutional Court and dissolving the Senate or removing its president.
• Protesters set a 48-hour deadline that expires Wednesday night and threatened a nationwide strike, while Rajoelina scheduled a public dialogue at the presidential palace Wednesday afternoon.
• The United Nations reports at least 22 deaths and more than 100 injuries since September 25, figures the government disputes, as security forces continue to deploy tear gas to disperse crowds.