Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina reportedly flees country as military unit joins protesters

"After weeks of anti-government protests, President Andry Rajoelina has reportedly left the

country, shortly before he was due to address the nation on state TV.
The President of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, has left the country after an elite military unit turned against the government in an apparent coup.
Those protests, which were initially led by youth groups, reached a turning point on Saturday when soldiers from the elite CAPSAT military unit accompanied demonstrators to a square in the capital, Antananarivo, and called for Rajoelina and several government ministers to leave office.
The unit, which helped Rajoelina first come to power as transitional leader in a military-backed coup in 2009, said that it had taken charge of all the armed forces in Madagascar.
Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko, the leader of the opposition in parliament, said that Rajoelina “ran away” from the country on Sunday after soldiers turned against him." AfricaNews