Extraordinary meeting comes hours after new military ruler addresses nation for first time since overthrowing democratically elected President Roch Kabore. West African leaders...
Burkina Faso
The military coup deposing Burkina Faso’s President Roch Kabore is the fourth in a string of recent military takeovers in West and Central...
The military coup deposing Burkina Faso’s President Roch Kabore is the fourth in a string of recent military takeovers in West and Central...
The West African bloc’s session is set for Friday to discuss the third military coup in the region in 19 months. The West...
Several hundred people have gathered in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou in support of a military takeover that a day earlier deposed President Roch...
The 41-year-old officer was promoted in December to commander of Burkina Faso’s third military region by President Kabore. A lieutenant colonel appointed to...
Video Duration 25 minutes 30 seconds 25:30 From: Inside Story President Roch Kabore arrested as soldiers mutiny against the government’s failure to stop...
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Mutinous soldiers say on state television they have suspended the constitution and dissolved the government. Burkina Faso’s army said it...
Video Duration 03 minutes 40 seconds 03:40 From: Between Us “It was hard hearing that children were involved.” In this episode of Between...
Reports say Kabore’s detention comes after troops staged mutinies at several army barracks, and gunfire was heard near president’s residence. Burkina Faso’s President...