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Maafisa wa ngazi za juu wa Jeshi na Polisi wamekamatwa Nchini humo wakihusishwa na jaribio la kumuua Rais Andry Rajoelina ambalo lilishindikana. Hadi sasa watu 21 wanachunguzwa
Jaribio dhidi ya Rais Rajoelina ni miongoni mwa matukio yanayoendelea kutikisa Taifa hilo. Madagascar imekuwa Lockdown tangu kuanza kwa janga la COVID-19 mwaka 2020 na Mkoa wake wa Kusini unakabiliwa na njaa
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High-ranking army and police officials have been arrested in Madagascar in connection with a failed attempt to kill the country's president.
The arrested include five generals and several active police officers, meaning 21 people are now being investigated over last month's foiled assassination.
Authorities have also seized a gun and $250,000 (£180,000), local media said.
The attempt on President Andry Rajoelina's life was among ongoing turbulence rocking the island nation.
Madagascar has been under a lockdown since the Covid-19 pandemic hit last year and its southern region is in the grips of a famine.
Authorities announced last month that it had thwarted a plot to "eliminate and neutralise" a number of people, including the president.
It came a month after another failed effort to kill the head of the national police force.
Among the latest arrests were 12 "active military and police personnel, including five generals, two captains and five non-commissioned officers", Attorney General Berthine Razafiarivony said.
Four of those arrested are retired national and foreign police and military personnel, while the final five are civilians, she said.
Several local people and foreigners were arrested last week.
Mr Rajoelina, 47, initially seized power in 2009 from Marc Ravalomanana with the backing of the military.
He beat Mr Ravalomanana in the last election in 2018 - although the vote was beset by allegations of fraud.
The former French colony has had a long history of coups and unrest since gaining independence from France in 1960.
Source: BBC
Jaribio dhidi ya Rais Rajoelina ni miongoni mwa matukio yanayoendelea kutikisa Taifa hilo. Madagascar imekuwa Lockdown tangu kuanza kwa janga la COVID-19 mwaka 2020 na Mkoa wake wa Kusini unakabiliwa na njaa
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High-ranking army and police officials have been arrested in Madagascar in connection with a failed attempt to kill the country's president.
The arrested include five generals and several active police officers, meaning 21 people are now being investigated over last month's foiled assassination.
Authorities have also seized a gun and $250,000 (£180,000), local media said.
The attempt on President Andry Rajoelina's life was among ongoing turbulence rocking the island nation.
Madagascar has been under a lockdown since the Covid-19 pandemic hit last year and its southern region is in the grips of a famine.
Authorities announced last month that it had thwarted a plot to "eliminate and neutralise" a number of people, including the president.
It came a month after another failed effort to kill the head of the national police force.
Among the latest arrests were 12 "active military and police personnel, including five generals, two captains and five non-commissioned officers", Attorney General Berthine Razafiarivony said.
Four of those arrested are retired national and foreign police and military personnel, while the final five are civilians, she said.
Several local people and foreigners were arrested last week.
Mr Rajoelina, 47, initially seized power in 2009 from Marc Ravalomanana with the backing of the military.
He beat Mr Ravalomanana in the last election in 2018 - although the vote was beset by allegations of fraud.
The former French colony has had a long history of coups and unrest since gaining independence from France in 1960.
Source: BBC
