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Thursday, September 17, 2015

Coup in Burkina Faso As Soldiers Detain Transitional President, Prime Minister


Soldiers have detained Burkina Faso’s transitional president, prime minister and an unknown number of cabinet members, raising fears of a coup.
Members of the military showed up at the presidential offices on Wednesday afternoon and barred the transitional leaders from leaving, Achille Tapsoba, who works at the presidency, told the Associated Press news agency.




The soldiers fired shots at protesters who had gathered outside the offices on Wednesday night.

The raid comes weeks before the country is due to hold elections to replace its longtime leader who was ousted in a popular uprising late last year.
Interim president Michel Kafando and Lieutenant Colonel Yacouba Isaac Zida, the interim prime minister, were tasked with organising Burkina Faso presidential elections on October 11, which many hoped would strengthen the country’s democracy.

It is not known how many cabinet members are being held.

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18 comments:

  1. Coup d'etat??? God will help them in Burkina Faso o.
    Been offline since yesterday cos my subscription expired, it seem I was hald dead since yesterday, need to rush to subscribe for a day, can't live today like yesterday @all, miss this blog so much. Lord I need money o biko.




    *Larry was here*

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    1. Coup in 20th century? Anywa...

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    2. Alloy, u are a daft salamander. How can we still be in the 20th century?! Ode

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  2. The quest for power................

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  3. It's still unclear if democracy is a better alternative to military rule in Africa especially considering the scale of corruption and waste that African democracies represent.

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  4. Lmao this poor countries are also corrupt maybe Africa have this corruption in their gene

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  5. Politics and his drama, thought is only Nigeria that faces sure

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  6. Such still happen, Africans and conflicts eh......just like Islam and terrorism

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  7. Such still happen, Africans and conflicts eh......just like Islam and terrorism

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  8. Could this be another military take over in Africa?

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  9. Shame on African leaders and their insatiable quest for power.

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  10. I echoe ur thoughts @CharlesEndy. Cos Ghana's most promising years came during Rawlings' military era. He managed to stem the growing tide of corruption. And b'cos he was his own boss, he did a fine job. Too many bottlenecks in demoCRAZY. In fact, Africa & Nigeria in particular has proven that demoCRAZY is never the best form of gov't as bin sold to us by the oyibo pple! The same Burkina Faso had their best periods under a military regime too. Libya as well. Etc.

    Ghanaman signing out!!!

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  11. They should continue to coup themselves

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