Col. Michael Randrianirina's ascent to the presidency came just three days after he announced that the armed forces were taking power in the sprawling Indian Ocean island of around 30 million people off Africa’s east coast. The United Nations has condemned the military takeover as an unconstitutional change of government, but there has been little significant reaction from other countries, including Madagascar’s former colonial ruler, France. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home
An army colonel who led a lightning-fast coup takes over as Madagascar’s president
Col. Michael Randrianirina's ascent to the presidency came just three days after he announced that the armed forces were taking power in the sprawling Indian Ocean island of around 30 million people off Africa’s east coast. The United Nations has condemned the military takeover as an unconstitutional change of government, but there has been little significant reaction from other countries, including Madagascar’s former colonial ruler, France. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home













