The head of Burkina Faso's new ruling council says the president and prime minister are safe in military custody and will soon be released. Brigadier General Gilbert Diendere spoke to VOA's French to Africa Service Thursday, a day after soldiers
Ouagadougou – Members of Burkina Faso's Presidential Guard on Thursday announced the dissolution of the government on national television, saying President Michel Kafando had been ousted. A military official said on
Burkina Faso's president and prime minister arrested in apparent coup. Street protests and UN condemnation after forces loyal to ousted former leader Blaise Compaore bundle away Michel Kafando and prime minister Isaac
The military in Burkina Faso has taken to the airwaves to declare it now controls the country, confirming that a coup has taken place – just weeks before national elections. In the announcement aired early on Thursday on
A shadowy spymaster formerly the right-hand man to toppled President Blaise Compaore seized power in Burkina Faso at the head of a military coup on Thursday, less than a month before elections meant to restore democracy in the West African state.