BREAKING NEWS: The military in Burkina Faso says it has seized power in a coup

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BREAKING NEWS: The military in Burkina Faso says it has seized power in a coup. The announcement was made on state television by an army officer, who said both the government and parliament had been dissolved.

The Patriotic Movement for Safeguarding and Restoration, according to Capt. Sidsore Kaber Ouedraogo, "has decided to assume its obligations before history," citing the growing security situation and the president's incapacity to manage the problem. Burkina Faso's mutinous troops parade outside the Guillaume Ouedraogo military barracks in Ouagadougou. Burkina Faso's mutinous troops parade outside the Guillaume Ouedraogo military barracks in Ouagadougou.

After detaining the democratically elected president following a day of gunfights in the capital, more than a dozen mutinous troops declared on state television on Monday that a military junta now governs Burkina Faso. The military coup is the third in West Africa in the last 18 months, causing chaos in some of the countries most hard-hit by Islamic extremist attacks. The army of Burkina Faso claims to have ousted President Kabore. On state television, mutinous soldiers claim to have suspended the constitution and dismissed the government. Capt. Sidsore Kaber Ouedraogo said the Patriotic Movement for Safeguarding and Restoration "has decided to assume its responsibilities before history.” They noted the deteriorating security situation, as well as the president's incapacity to manage the growing Islamic insurgency.



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