Night prohibition of Antananariv after violent protests. The police hit the tear gas against the demonstrators asking for resolution of power outages and water deficiency.
Authorities in the Madagascar capital Antananarivo announced a night ban after protests against frequent power outages and water scarcity grew into violence. According to Reuters, TASR informs about this.
According to Reuters, the police have used tear gas against tens of thousands of mostly young protesters. The demonstrators by Antananariva marched with banners and demanded restoration of water and electricity supplies throughout the country.
“Unfortunately, there are individuals who are abusing the situation to destroy other people’s property,” said General Angelo Ravelonarivo, who is led by a common security authority, covering the police and the army, in the television output.
The protests were happening in spite of the ban
Therefore, in order to “protect the population and its property”, the security forces decided to introduce a ban on release from 19.00 to 05.00 to “until the renewal of public order”.
During Thursday’s protests, a large shopping center in the city and houses of two deputies were robbed and destroyed and destroyed. This happened despite the fact that the police banned the demonstration.
Madagascar is an island state in the Indian Ocean, which has long been poverty. Many people blame the government of President Andry Rajoelin, who was re -elected in 2023.
