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The African island nation also expels French embassy personnel over acts linked to the destabilisation investigation.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 29 Apr 2026<\/span>29 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Madagascar has detained a French serviceman over an alleged plot to destabilise the island and also declared an agent at the French embassy persona non grata over acts linked to the destabilisation investigation.<\/p>\n Deputy Prosecutor Nomenarinera Mihamintsoa Ramanantsoa said in a video statement released late on \u2060Tuesday that the former French national serviceman, Guy Baret, had been placed \u2060in pretrial detention at Tsiafahy maximum-security prison.<\/p>\n list of 3 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n A Malagasy army officer, Colonel Patrick Rakotomamonjy, and other alleged accomplices were also implicated, he said.<\/p>\n According to Ramanantsoa, prosecutors have charged the suspects with spreading false information to disturb public order, plotting to sabotage infrastructure including power lines and \u2060thermal plants operated by state utility Jirama, harbouring wanted individuals, and criminal conspiracy. Authorities said the group had planned actions initially set for April 18.<\/p>\n Rakotomamonjy is awaiting \u200cpresentation \u200cbefore an investigating judge. Two other suspects were placed under judicial supervision, with prosecutors saying they did not appear to be the masterminds of the conspiracy<\/p>\n Madagascar is a former French colony that retains close political links to France and has had a history of instability in recent decades.<\/p>\n The country\u2019s military ruler, President Michael Randrianirina, seized power in October last year, after a wave of youth-led protests against his \u200cpredecessor, Andry Rajoelina.<\/p>\n France helped Rajoelina flee in October as protests over lack of water and energy escalated and ultimately forced him from power.<\/p>\n France said Wednesday that it had summoned the charge d\u2019affaires of the Madagascan embassy in Paris \u201cto vigorously protest\u201d the expulsion of the diplomatic official.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was informed that France categorically rejected any accusation of destabilising the Refoundation regime of the Republic of Madagascar,\u201d French Foreign Ministry spokesman Pascal Confavreux said, adding that the official had been summoned on Tuesday.<\/p>\n \u201cSuch accusations are not only unfounded, but also incomprehensible.\u201d<\/p>\n The Madagascar Foreign Ministry said French Ambassador Arnaud Guillois had been summoned and informed \u200cof the decision over the embassy agent. It did not identify the agent or specify the acts in question.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The African island nation also expels French embassy personnel over acts linked to the destabilisation investigation. Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026 Madagascar has detained a French serviceman over an alleged plot to destabilise the island and also declared an agent at the French embassy persona non grata over acts linked to the destabilisation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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