Soldiers from elite Capsat unit join protests against Madagascar’s president

Demonstrators march alongside regiment, who earlier in the day said they would not fire on the crowds

Madagascar's prime minister called for calm after an elite group of soldiers joined thousands of protesters against the country's president on the streets of the capital on Saturday afternoon.

Protesters marched alongside soldiers from the Capsat unit, who drove armoured vehicles, some waving Madagascar flags, from their base in Soanierana in the south of Antananarivo.