Burkina Faso: Security Foils Attempted COUP
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In a statement read out on television, the authorities said some arrests had been made, without giving specific details.
There have been recent reports of discontent within the military.
On Tuesday, rumours of a brewing mutiny led hundreds of people to take to the streets of the capital, Ouagadougou, in support of the junta.
On the same day, the authorities suspended the French-language news magazine Jeune Afrique, accusing it of publishing articles discrediting the armed forces.
Burkina Faso’s security and intelligence services foiled a coup attempt on
Tuesday, according to the country’s military government, BBC reports.
It alleged that officers and others had planned to destabilize the country and throw it into chaos.
It has been just less than a year since the interim President Capt Ibrahim Traoré seized power.
That was the country’s second coup of 2022 as it grapples with an Islamist insurgency.
It alleged that officers and others had planned to destabilize the country and throw it into chaos.
It has been just less than a year since the interim President Capt Ibrahim Traoré seized power.
That was the country’s second coup of 2022 as it grapples with an Islamist insurgency.
READ: Why Army seized power in Burkina Faso
In a statement read out on television, the authorities said some arrests had been made, without giving specific details.
There have been recent reports of discontent within the military.
On Tuesday, rumours of a brewing mutiny led hundreds of people to take to the streets of the capital, Ouagadougou, in support of the junta.
On the same day, the authorities suspended the French-language news magazine Jeune Afrique, accusing it of publishing articles discrediting the armed forces.
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