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Burkina Faso’s military government said Wednesday its intelligence and security services had thwarted a coup attempt and were actively pursuing others believed involved in what it called a bid ...
OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - One of the worst massacres in Burkina Faso's history has provoked a fierce public outcry from victims' relatives and religious leaders, piling pressure on the ruling junta ...
Burkina Faso's new military leaders said the country's borders had been closed and a curfew would be in effect from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. ... declaring that the country's coup leader-turned-president ...
Four army officers were arrested in Burkina Faso, a military prosecutor said, a day after the country’s ruling military junta announced it had thwarted a coup attempt.
The 2015 Burkina Faso coup d'état attempt was a failed coup d'état launched on 16 September 2015 in Burkina Faso, when members of the Regiment of Presidential Security (RSP) – a controversial autonomous military unit, formed under President Blaise Compaoré – detained the country's government.
The January coup had been motivated by the Burkinabe government's inability to contain the jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso. A group of army officers overthrew President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré , installing the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration , a military junta , with Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba as its head.
Burkina Faso's military junta said on Wednesday that a coup attempt had been thwarted the previous day by security and intelligence services, without providing specifics on what had happened. The ...
Yesterday I spoke with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Burkina Faso Rosine Coulibaly and the President of the European Council Charles Michel spoke with the President of Burkina Faso, during the discussions the situation seemed under control. But during today, the news has gotten worse, it is bad, and we now know that President Kaboré is ...