The president appointed army general Rupin Fortunat Zafisambo as prime minister after dismissing the current cabinet.

Anadolu wrote that the new prime minister was appointed amid ongoing youth protests sparked by power and water service outages and disruptions in the country.

The president is heard saying that Zafi Sambo, who was appointed as Prime Minister, will fix everything.

The death toll from protests in Madagascar has risen to 22.

The Gen Z movement rejected Rajoelina's speech as "senseless", promising to take "all necessary measures" if the president did not "respond favorably" within 24 hours to its demands.

There were also protests in the northern coastal city of Mahajanga and in the southern cities of Toliara and Fianarantsoa.

Rajoelina, the former mayor of Antananarivo, first came to power in 2009 following a coup sparked by an uprising that deposed former President Marc Ravalomanana.