Scenting victory, Madagascar youth give scant thought to what's next


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  • Tuesday, 14 Oct 2025

Protesters gesture outside the town hall on Independence Avenue during a nationwide youth-led protest over frequent power outages and water shortages, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Zo Andrianjafy

ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) -The thousands of young protesters chanting vitriolic slogans against Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina in Antananarivo were clear about what they wanted him to do.

"He has to quit. Immediately," 21-year-old law and politics student Angie Rakoto said at a demonstration on May 13 Square, named after a 1972 youth-led revolution that kicked out the first post-independence president Philbert Tsiranana.

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