Andry Rajoelina is the former president of Madagascar, a former DJ and pedlar of herbal cures for covid-19. He and his circle became widely despised.
In 2009 protests against the government prompted a coup led by CAPSAT, an elite military unit, which ultimately ceded power to Mr Rajoelina. He has led Madagascar for most of the time since, helped by some dubious election wins. In 2023 a British court found his former chief of staff guilty of soliciting bribes from a gem-mining firm.
In late 2025 Madagascar saw the largest protests in more than 15 years. Demonstrators were fed up with persistent power cuts, water shortages and rampant corruption. Mr Rajoelina responded by sacking his entire cabinet and imposing a dawn-to-dusk curfew.
Michael Randrianirina, a colonel in CAPSAT, then launched a coup. Mr Rajoelina fled the country in a French military aircraft and is reportedly in Dubai, pledging to return to power.
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