Fijoroana
Stand up
Refuse to bow your head. On 25 September, high-school and university students took to the streets when their elders no longer dared.
25 September 2025 · Antananarivo
Tsiahyny Tolona
Fijoroana · Firaisankina · Hoan'ny Taninjanaka
Stand up · Unite · For the land of our children
They asked for water and light. They were answered with tear gas and bullets. In nineteen days, a generation with no leader, no party and no fear brought down a regime everyone thought was untouchable. This site exists so that no one forgets what they did, or what it cost them.
- days of mobilisation, 25 September to 14 October 2025
- 19days of mobilisation, 25 September to 14 October 2025
- people killed at least, according to the UN (29 September 2025)
- 22people killed at least, according to the UN (29 September 2025)
- injured, as recorded by the UN
- 100+injured, as recorded by the UN
- MPs voted to impeach Andry Rajoelina
- 130MPs voted to impeach Andry Rajoelina
Why they rose up
Jiro sy rano. Light and water.
In Antananarivo, power cuts by the state utility Jirama could last up to twenty hours a day. Taps ran dry. Students studied by torchlight while a cable car was being built over the capital.
About three in four Malagasy people live in poverty, and only around a third have access to electricity. The median age is about 20. This country belongs to its young people, and its young people had been left with nothing.
What began as anger over power cuts became a total rejection of corruption, of impunity, and of a president who had first seized power by force in 2009 and had quietly held French citizenship since 2014.
The three words engraved on the medal
Firaisankina
Unite
No leader, no party, no ethnic divide. Tana, Antsiranana, Toliara, Mahajanga, Toamasina, Fianarantsoa: one voice.
Hoan'ny Taninjanaka
For the land of our children
Not for power, not for one man. So that those who come next will have water, light and freedom.
Key moments
From spark to collapse
25.09.2025
Day one. Thousands of young people defy a protest ban in Antananarivo. A curfew is imposed that night.
29.09.2025
Rajoelina dissolves the government. The UN reports at least 22 dead. The streets answer: not enough.
11.10.2025
CAPSAT, an elite army unit, refuses to fire on the crowds and joins the protesters on 13 May Square.
14.10.2025
The National Assembly impeaches Andry Rajoelina, who has fled the country. The regime falls.
End of the regime
Fankalazana ny Tsiahy
The commemorations in pictures
Marches, vigils, tributes: relive the 25 September commemorations through the photo albums.
Press coverage
In the news
We don't want power. We want light.
One year on
Ny tolona mbola tsy vita.
The regime fell, but the army took power. Water cuts continue. Gen Z activists were arrested in 2026. The struggle is not over. It has changed form.
See where things stand