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| Gunfire breaks out in Burkina Faso capital amid coup fears |
| 2015-09-17 |
[FOXNEWS] Soldiers placed in durance vileI ain't sayin' nuttin' widdout me mout'piece! 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 and prime minister Wednesday, raising fears of a coup just weeks before the country was to hold an election to replace its longtime leader who was ousted in a popular uprising late last year. Hours later, gunfire erupted in the capital as the soldiers behind the standoff tried to disperse protesters who were marching on the presidential palace where the two transitional leaders were being detained. It was not immediately clear whether any of the demonstrators were maimed. People could be seen fleeing in all directions as the shooting continued, according to an News Agency that Dare Not be Named news hound at the scene. Members of the presidential security unit formed by the ex-president who was ousted from power last year have been publicly at odds with the transitional leaders in recent months. On Wednesday, they banned the interim president and prime minister from leaving, and were seen putting up barricades around the presidential palace. Burkina Faso hosts French special forces and serves as an important ally of both La Belle France and the United States in the fight against Islamic snuffies in West Africa. While Burkina Faso has largely been spared from krazed killer violence, a Romanian national was kidnapped in April, and a Mali-based jihadi group grabbed credit. |
| Posted by:Fred |