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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sarah Tetaud,Gerald Imray and Shweta Sharma

Madagascar: Is there a coup, and why has the president fled the country?

Madagascar’s president said he had escaped with his life to a “safe place” following a military rebellion.

In a speech broadcast on national TV from an undisclosed location, Andry Rajoelina, 51, claimed there was an attempt to assassinate him by a band of military personnel and politicians and effect a coup following weeks of protests seeking his resignation.

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