Overview

• Security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets on Tuesday to disperse largely youth-led crowds in Antananarivo, with marches also reported in Mahajanga, Diego Suarez and Fenoarivo.
• President Andry Rajoelina dismissed the prime minister and cabinet, keeping them in interim roles while applications for a new premier are reviewed over three days.
• The UN human rights office reports at least 22 people killed and more than 100 injured since last week; Madagascar’s government rejects those figures and has provided no alternative tally.
• Curfews remain in place after nights of looting in the capital, and the Jirama trade union announced a general strike at the state water and electricity utility.
• Organisers calling themselves Gen Z mobilised via social media, adopted the One Piece pirate flag as a symbol and are demanding systemic change including Rajoelina’s resignation.