Soldiers in Burkina Faso announced on state television that they have seized power in the West African country following a mutiny over the civilian president
African and Western powers denounce what they called an"attempted coup" and the EU demands"immediate" release of President Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
A junior officer announced the suspension of the constitution, the dissolution of the government and parliament, and the closure of the country's borders from midnight Monday, reading from a statement signed by Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. West African states in the ECOWAS grouping described the latest volatility as a "coup attempt" and held "soldiers responsible for physical well-being".African and Western powers denounced what they called an "attempted coup" and the EU demanded the "immediate" release of President Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
The African Union said its commission chief, Moussa Faki Mahamat, "strongly condemns the attempted coup d'etat against the democratically elected president". An AFP correspondent early Monday saw three bullet-ridden vehicles outside Kabore's residence, with traces of blood visible on one. The president, in power since 2015 and re-elected in 2020, has faced rising public anger about the failure to stop the bloodshed in the poor, landlocked country.
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