Coup In West African Country!ARMY TAKES OVER POWER IN BURKINA FASO, THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE OUSTED PRESIDENT STILL UNKNOWN

Coup In West African Country!
ARMY TAKES OVER POWER IN BURKINA FASO, THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE OUSTED PRESIDENT STILL UNKNOWN

Coup Plotters In Burkina Faso


{….The army statement cited the worsening security situation and President Kaboré’s inability to unite the nation as reasons for overthrowing him }

AJM NEWS

Soldiers in Burkina Faso announced over state television Monday that they had seized power in the West African nation and dissolved its government and parliament.

They also said they had closed the country’s borders and promised a “return to constitutional order” within a “reasonable time”.

The whereabouts of President Roch Kaboré is unclear, but the officer said that all those detained were in a secure location.

The coup comes a day after troops seized barracks, and gunshots were heard in the capital.

Earlier, the ruling People’s Movement for Progress (PMP) party said that both Mr Kaboré and a government minister had survived an assassination attempt.

On Sunday, mutinying troops demanded the sacking of military chiefs and more resources to fight Islamist militants.

The army statement cited the worsening security situation and Mr Kaboré’s alleged inability to unite the nation as reasons for overthrowing him, AFP news agency reports.

The statement was issued in the name of a group not heard of previously, the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration or MPSR, its French acronym.

“MPSR, which includes all sections of the army, has decided to end President Kabore’s post today,” it said.

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