Burkina Faso's military has overthrown the interim government in a coup that has plunged the capital city, Ouagadougou, into panic and comes just three weeks before the country was due to hold elections. Military officials said today (Sept. 17) that
At least three people have been killed and 60 injured during street clashes in Burkina Faso's capital as protesters demonstrated against a military coup, a senior source in the main hospital has said. Witnesses said that
Lieutenant-Colonel Mamadou Bamba appeared on television to declare that a new "National Democratic Council" was in talks to hold "peaceful elections". PHOTO: AFP. OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso's presidential guard
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
Members of the Burkina Faso military announced this morning that the military had seized power from the West African nation's transitional government in a coup, unseating the interim president and prime minister and