Military junta seizes control of Burkina Faso, say soldiers

Image: PA Image: PA MORE THAN A dozen mutinous soldiers have declared on state television that a military junta has seized control of Burkina Faso after the democratically elected president was detained following a day of gun battles in the capital.

“What appeared to be a simple mutiny by a few elements of the army” on Sunday was “moving hourly towards a military coup against our hard-won democracy,” said the statement issued by Kabore’s party. Two soldiers told the Associated Press that they were holding the leader, but they would not say where they were keeping him.Gunfire erupted early yesterday when soldiers took control of a major military barracks in the capital Ouagadougou.

Kabore was elected in 2015 after a popular uprising ousted long-time strongman President Blaise Compaore. Among their demands are more forces in the battle against extremists and better care for the wounded and the families of the dead. “Its frustration with an equally out-of-its-depth government is understandable. Regrettably, this is unlikely to improve anything.”

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