Madagascar Army Officer Who Seized Power Says He’ll Become President

Military leader Michael Randrianirina will be sworn in as Madagascar’s next president on Friday, even as the African Union suspended the country and threatened to impose sanctions on anyone involved in the coup.

The inauguration ceremony for the 51-year-old colonel will be held at the headquarters of the country’s constitutional court in the capital, Antananarivo, after the top court’s acknowledgment on Tuesday of the military takeover of the Indian Ocean island nation off Mozambique.