Military officers seized control of Burkina Faso on Friday, claiming to be restoring peace to the jihadist-wracked country as they dismissed a junta leader who had himself come to power in a coup at the start of this year. In the capital Ouagadougou, witnesses heard pre-dawn gunfire around the presidential palace and junta headquarters. Then…
Le Figaro with AFP: The head of the junta that took power in Burkina Faso on Friday ordered the creation of a national theater operations command center, the first of its kind in the West African country plagued by jihadist violence since 2015, indicates a presidential decree. “A National Theater Operations Command (COTN) is created…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja this morning for Accra, Ghana, to represent Nigeria at an Extraordinary Summit of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government deliberating on the political situation in Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea. The meeting, which is coming as part of the resolutions reached at last week’s virtual…
🇧🇫 #BurkinaFaso Coup Number 9 seems to be under way || Countries in Africa with highest number of coups
Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba took command of Burkina Faso on January 24, after the arrest of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré by mutinous soldiers. Who is this senior infantry officer in the Burkinabe Armed Forces? Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. A name that has been in the news since Sunday January 23 in Africa. But what can…
A British Journalist working for Voice of America and Aljazerra , Henry Wilkins has narrated his ordeal in the hands of mutinying soldiers in troubled Burkina Faso. In series of tweets , Wilkins explained how the protesting soildiers apprehended him and his colleagues and later passed seriea of demands to the authorities. “BurkinaFaso Mutiny –…
There are reports of sporadic shooting in some military barracks across Burkina Faso. While details are sketchy , the situation is reported to be an attempted coup. According to DW reports, Gunshots were heard at several barracks located in the capital, Ouagadougou. The government denied social media reports that the army has seized power. Heavy…
