The head of the Capsat, the unit that overthrew Andry Rajoelina, was inaugurated as president on Friday and has reassured the international community that his country won't be sanctioned.

Madagascar has sworn in army leader Colonel Michael Randrianirina as president, just days after a military takeover.

Madagascar is the latest of several former French colonies to have fallen under military control since 2020, after coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Gabon and Guinea. It is the…