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‘We are the last hope’: Gen Z Madagascar vows to fight on until president resigns
['Rachel Savage']
The Guardian
Young protesters in Madagascar have said they will continue their fight for the resignation of the president, Andry Rajoelina, and rejected his dissolution of the government on Monday as insufficient.
The youth-led protests quickly spread to other towns and cities, fuelled by social media and other “Gen Z protests in Indonesia and Nepal, where the government was toppled.
“It’s literally a mafia,” said an 18-year-old protester, who finished secondary school this year and helps to run Gen Z Madagascar’s social media accounts.
Similar Gen Z protests have been raging in Morocco since the weekend, with two people killed by security forces near Agadir on Wednesday.
If it’s not now, then when?” said a 25-year-old who helps to run Gen Z Madagascar’s social media.