Overview

• Groups of troops, some riding on tanks, moved into Antananarivo and were greeted by crowds around Lake Anosy during the latest mass rallies.
• A unit based in Soanierana released a video calling on security forces not to obey orders to fire on civilians.
• The United Nations counts at least 22 dead and about 100 injured since the protests began, and at least 26 more people were hurt on Saturday in the capital.
• Army Chief of Staff General Jocelyn Rakotoson appealed for calm and said soldiers should return to their camps to avoid exchanges of gunfire.
• The government dissolved its cabinet last week and installed General Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo as prime minister, who condemned excessive force as protest organizers rejected a proposed national dialogue.