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Madagascar president dissolves parliament ahead of ouster vote

Residents and protesters cheer and hold banners as they gather for a civil society rally outside City Hall in Antananarivo, on October 13, 2025.[AFP]

Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina on Tuesday dissolved the national assembly, pre-empting an opposition-led vote to force him out of office over the island nation's spiralling political crisis.

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