Madagascar detains French ex-serviceman over alleged destabilisation plot
Key takeaways
- The African island nation also expels French embassy personnel over acts linked to the destabilisation investigation.
- A Malagasy army officer, Colonel Patrick Rakotomamonjy, and other alleged accomplices were also implicated, he said.
- Authorities said the group had planned actions initially set for April 18.
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The African island nation also expels French embassy personnel over acts linked to the destabilisation investigation.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo By AFP and Reuters Published On 29 Apr 202629 Apr 2026Madagascar 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.
Deputy Prosecutor Nomenarinera Mihamintsoa Ramanantsoa said in a video statement released late on Tuesday that the former French national serviceman, Guy Baret, had been placed in pretrial detention at Tsiafahy maximum-security prison.