Kate Bartlett
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283 appearances
41 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 4 Sep
Kate Bartlett’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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For NPR News, I'm Kate Bartlett in Johannesburg.
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A colonel in an elite army unit has announced the military has taken over the country.
His statement came minutes after members of parliament voted to impeach President Andre Rajelina.
Madagascar's youth took to the streets last month, demanding Rajelina resign amid anger over water and electricity shortages crippling the country.
Over the weekend, the CAPSAT military unit announced they had sided with the protesters.
Rajelina then fled and is in hiding in an undisclosed location.
The former French colony in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa is no stranger to rebellions.
Radjelina himself first came to power as leader of a transitional government following a coup in 2009.
He later ran for election and won.
For NPR News, I'm Kate Bartlett in Johannesburg.
From the Indian Ocean to the Sahara, Gen Z is fed up.
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In Madagascar, after thousands took to the streets to protest against water and electricity shortages, the country's president announced he was dissolving the government on Monday.
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The demonstrations started last week and the UN has condemned what it said was a violent response by the security forces.
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The capital city is under nighttime curfew.
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President Andre Rajalina hopes sacking his government will show he listened to the protesters, but they've also been calling for his resignation, which he fell short of offering.
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In North Africa, Morocco's youth-led protests are taking place over corruption and an ill-functioning health system.
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They are mainly being organized on TikTok and Discord.
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For NPR News, I'm Kate Bartlett in Johannesburg.
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The grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has a capacity of seventy-four billion cubic meters, was forty years in the making, and cost five billion dollars.
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