Madagascar's military backs 'Gen Z' protests. Nation's president calls it a coup.
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There was speculation Monday that Madagascar's president fled the country after an influential branch of the military said this past weekend that it was taking control of the rest of the armed forces and backing the ongoing "Gen Z" protests. The president had called the military's actions a coup. Host Marco Werman learns more from Solofo Randrianja, a historian of Madagascar's contemporary politics at the University of Toamasina, the country's second largest city.