Madagascar’s Defense Minister Andre Lucien Rakotoarimasy says a mutiny was staged on Sunday at a military camp near Ivato international airport, forcing the suspension of all flights.

Military mutiny in Madagascar (Photo: Internet)

After an hours-long gun battle, the situation was gotten under control and the mutineers did not make any demands. Madagascar, a poor island nation in the Indian ocean, has been badly damaged by political turmoil since President Marc Ravalomanana, who now lives in exile in South Africa, was overthrown 3 years ago.