The 2010 Madagascar coup d'état attempt was a failed military coup attempt against President of the High Transitional Authority of Madagascar Andry Rajoelina on November 17–18, 2010. The coup attempt leaders were ex-Defense Minister Noel Rakotonandrasanana and Colonel Charles Andrianasoaviana, the head of the Special Intervention Force.

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Madagascar holds first postcoup vote to end crisis

Madagascar After the Coup Pulitzer Center

Madagascar’s President Quits After Weeks of Chaos The New York Times

Coup attempt threatens Madagascar's uneasy path to democracy

What Madagascar's failed coup attempt could mean for the fragile