Mutinous soldiers declared Monday on state television that a military junta is seizing power in Burkina Faso after they detained President Roch Kabore.
They also announced that they suspended the constitution, closed borders and dissolved the parliament. The democratically-elected president has resigned.
This comes after soldiers staged mutinies at several army barracks on Sunday and heavy gunfire was reported around the president’s residence in the capital Ouagadougou.
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