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Security forces used water cannons and pepper spray to disperse demonstrators.

The home secretary also called for demonstrators to "step back" from plans to hold marches in coming days.

On Wednesday, the demonstrators in the capital were seen waving flags and banners with the words "Rajoelina out".

The so-called Gen-Z protests have seen thousands of predominantly young demonstrators take to the streets in cities across Madagascar since Thursday, under the rallying cry: "We want to live, not survive".

A group of about two hundred protestors, waving the union jack and St George's flags and carrying placards opposing the government's digital ID plans, had to be separated from the pro-Palestinian demonstrators by police.