AFP 11 | Luis TATO

MADAGASCAR
A student holds a flag bearing the logo of the popular Japanese manga One Piece, a symbol adopted by Gen Z protest movements worldwide, during clashes with Malagasy security forces amid a strike calling for constitutional reforms and the resignation of President Andry Rajoelina in Antananarivo on October 9, 2025. Protesters marched in Madagascar’s capital on October 9, 2025, where police fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse a new anti-government demonstration in a youth-led movement that had begun two weeks earlier. The latest protest came after the Gen Z movement rejected President Andry Rajoelina’s attempts to defuse the tensions rocking the Indian Ocean island by appointing a new prime minister and calling for dialogue.