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| Burkina Faso President Disbands Presidential Guard |
| 2015-09-26 |
| [NYTIMES] Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... 's transitional president on Friday signed a decree to disband the presidential guard that staged a coup more than a week ago. Interim President Michel Kafando also fired the commander of the presidential guard, Col. Boureima Kere, and the country's security minister, Col. Sidi Pare, according to the decree that was read on national television. Burkina Faso's armed forces said in a communique that they have started disarming the presidential guard and there is an inventory of their weapons. |
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