A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers in the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation’s new leader.

A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers in the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation’s new leader.

A top aide to Madagascar’s ousted president has been taken away by soldiers, according to images aired by a private television station of the latest move against those who oppose the troubled nation’s new, military-backed leader.

The head of security at Madagascar’s constitutional court and three others have been arrested and are accused of spreading unrest in the capital, according to a member of a national investigative commission.

Madagascar police and supporters of the African country’s ousted president clashed in running street battles Friday, leaving two people dead and six injured, officials said.

Security forces in Madagascar announced Thursday they thwarted an attack against the wife of the country’s military-backed president _ the same day that 36 people were injured in anti-government protests.

Armed forces in Madagascar fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators loyal to the island nation’s ousted president on Thursday, as looters rampaged through the streets of the capital.

Madagascar’s ousted leader says he is still president, and with the help of others in Africa hopes to return to his island nation within weeks.

Southern African nations say they cannot recognize Madagascar’s new leader, an army-backed politician who ousted an elected president.

Madagascar’s highest court on Wednesday endorsed the army’s move to replace the toppled president with his rival, but the African Union was considering whether it constituted a coup.