Military claims power in Burkina Faso coup — RT World News

Members of Burkina Faso’s army appeared on state tv channel, RTB, on Monday, claiming to have seized management of the West African nation. The troopers mentioned that they’d suspended the structure because of the failure of Kaboré to unite the nation and cease a wave of nationwide jihadist assaults.

Kaboré’s whereabouts are presently unknown, however he was reportedly detained by the troopers on Sunday evening, the AFP information company reported. Though heavy gunfire was reported all through the capital, Ouagadougou, on Sunday evening, the federal government denied a coup try was underway or that Kaboré had been detained. A information headline on RTB on Sunday described the gunfire as remoted “acts of discontent by troopers,” and insisted that “the army hierarchy is working to revive calm and serenity within the barracks,” in line with the AP information company. 

A number of the troopers instructed AP they’d deliberate the mutiny since August, and have been angered by the obvious failure of Kaboré to commit extra manpower and sources to the struggle in opposition to jihadism. As gunfire rang out in Ouagadougou, civilians reportedly protested in solidarity with the troopers.

In an announcement launched on Monday, Kaboré’s political occasion, the Individuals’s Motion for Progress, claimed the president had survived an “aborted assassination try” through the coup, and that his residence had been ransacked. The occasion gave no additional info as to his whereabouts.

Kaboré has led Burkina Faso since 2015, when he was elected to switch ousted president Blaise Compaoré, who had been in energy since 1987. Kaboré was re-elected in November 2020, however has come underneath growing stress since then to sort out the jihadist violence that has plagued Burkina Faso and the broader Sahel area since 2016, predominantly led by Boko Haram and native offshoots of Al-Qaeda.

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