Troops loyal to Burkina Faso’s deposed government said they were preparing to attack the Camp Naaba military base near the capital’s presidential palace, which is held by troops who staged a coup last week. Loyalist troops have been massing in the capital on Tuesday and have told those behind the[…]
Burkina Faso soldiers marched into the capital Ouagadougou without resistance late on Monday as army leaders began surrender talks with the elite presidential guard that staged a coup against the government last week. Burkina Faso had been preparing to head to polls on Oct. 11 for a vote aimed at[…]
Veteran diplomat Michel Kafando was sworn in Tuesday as Burkina Faso’s interim president to oversee a one-year transition back to civilian rule in the west African country. Kafando, appointed in the wake of violent protests that brought down president Blaise Compaore and led to a brief army power grab, pledged[…]
African leaders were headed for Burkina Faso on Wednesday to pressure the army into keeping its promise to hand power back to civilians within a fortnight after the fall of president Blaise Compaore. Isaac Zida, the interim leader appointed by Burkina Faso’s military, told unions on Tuesday that he would[…]
Burkina Faso’s army will cede power to a transitional government and appoint a new head of state, Lieutenant-Colonel Isaac Zida, the country’s interim president, has said. “We are going to move very fast, but be careful not to commit a mistake that might damage our country,” Zida said on Monday.[…]
France’s President Francois Hollande on Monday urged the Burkina Faso military to quickly hand power to a civilian authority capable of organizing elections in the troubled West African country. Hollande was speaking shortly after the officers that have seized power in the former French colony pledged to name a “consensus”[…]
Burkina Faso’s military vowed to install a unity government after tightening its control over the west African nation, firing tear gas and shots in the air to disperse protesters denouncing an army power grab. Troops moved into Place de la Nation in the capital Ouagadougou and took over the national[…]
Burkina Faso’s opposition parties and the African Union have rejected the army’s seizure of power in the West African country after the resignation of President Blaise Compaore. A coalition of opposition parties and civil society groups met late on Saturday and issued a statement in which they described the army[…]
An army general and a colonel have both announced they will lead a transition to democracy after Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore was pushed out by street protests, ending a 27-year reign. Colonel Yacouba Zida said in a recorded address posted early on Saturday on the website of a national[…]
Blaise Compaore, the president of Burkina Faso, has been forced to leave power after days of protests by tens of thousands of people calling for his ousting. It appeared that the chief of the country’s armed forces took power after the president’s resignation. Compaore announced his resignation in a statement[…]
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