Journal De l'Afrique - Psychosis in Antananarivo: Authorities Try to Reassure After the Disappearance of Children

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Since the end of June, a wave of disappearances has hit the Malagasy capital, affecting the majority of children and adolescents. In one week, four people have been found dead, including a 12-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy. Between runaways, negligence and suspicions of murders, the authorities struggle to reassure a population that is turning into psychosis.

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The hope of a return to calm has been short-lived. A few days after the particularly firm statement of the president of the Refondation, Colonel Michaël Randrianirina, who had launched a direct challenge to the perpetrators of the abductions by asking them to attack him "if they are men" rather than the children of the Malagasy, reports of disappearances are on the rise. The search notices follow on social networks, fuelling a climate of fear th…