Burkina Faso: soldiers announce that they have taken power

Uniformed soldiers announced on public television on Monday that they had seized power in Burkina Faso and ousted President Marc Roch Christian Kaboré, plunging this Sahelian country into a new crisis, undermined by incessant jihadist attacks. • Read also: Burkina Faso: soldiers mutinied to demand the departure of army chiefs The Patriotic Movement for Safeguarding and Restoration (MPSR) "which brings together all the components of the defense and security forces has thus decided to put an end to the power of Mr. Marc Roch Christian Kaboré on January 24, 2022", announced the captain Kader Ouedraogo, surrounded by about fifteen soldiers on television. As a result of this coup initiated on Sunday by mutinies in the barracks of the country, the land and air border...

Soldiers mutinied on Sunday in several barracks in Burkina Faso to demand the departure of army chiefs and "more suitable means" to fight against the jihadists who have struck this country since 2015. • Read also: Covax opens a new frontline to bring the pandemic to its knees • Read also: He wanted to be the dean of the Atlantic rowing: a Frenchman found dead in his canoe These mood swings in the barracks of Burkina, a country that has experienced several coups and putsch attempts in the past, illustrate the fragility of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré's power in the face of increasing jihadist violence in his country. and he can't stop it. The government quickly reacted by recognizing shootings in several barracks, but denied "a takeover by the army". ...