Ouagadougou: Burkina FasoThe U.S. government denied that the military had taken over the country on Sunday after firing at several military barracks, including two in the capital.
“Information on social media would lead people to believe there was an army takeover,” a government spokesman alkasoum maiga said in a statement.
“The government, recognizing the legality of the shootings in some barracks, denies this information and calls on the population to remain calm.”
The gunfire came a day after clashes between police and demonstrators during a banned protest against the failure of authorities to stop jihadist violence in the West African country.
It also follows the arrest of several soldiers earlier this month over a suspected plot to “destabilize institutions” in the West African country, which has a long history of coups.
“Since 1 o’clock in the morning, gunshots have been heard here gangster “Sangole is coming from Lamizana camp,” said a soldier in the district on the western outskirts of Ouagadougou on Sunday.
Residents there also spoke of “rapidly heavy fires”.
Military sources said gunshots were also heard at Baby C, another military camp south of the capital, and an airport near the airport.
Residents there told AFP that gunfire also took place in barracks in the northern towns of Kaya and Ouhigoya.
The shooting follows the most recent protests against the recent jihadist bloodshed in the country.
Police used tear gas to disperse protesters at rallies across the country on Saturday, arresting dozens. Officials said earlier this week that they were banning the protests for security reasons.
Two soldiers were killed when their vehicle collided with a makeshift bomb in the north on Saturday, security sources said.
In Kaya, residents told AFP that protesters had stormed the ruling party’s headquarters.
group associated with al Qaeda The Islamic State group has plagued the Sahel nation since 2015, killing nearly 2,000 people, according to an AFP tally.
Attacks targeting civilians and soldiers continue to rise – and are largely concentrated in the north and east of the country.
The National Emergency Agency says jihadist violence has forced some 1.5 million people to flee their homes in recent years, and many settled in the area around Kaya.
On 27 November, hundreds of people demonstrated against the failure of President Roch Marc Christian Cabore to suppress jihadist violence, with dozens injured in clashes with security forces.
Those protests came days after civilians were targeted by suspected jihadists and the VDP, an official self-defense force, killed 41 people in the northern AAP region, including ladji yorosHe is considered a leader of VDP.
The lieutenant-colonel was among the soldiers arrested this month for a conspiracy to “destabilize institutions”. Emmanuel Zaungrana, who was commanding anti-jihadi operations in the country’s worst-hit western region.
“Information on social media would lead people to believe there was an army takeover,” a government spokesman alkasoum maiga said in a statement.
“The government, recognizing the legality of the shootings in some barracks, denies this information and calls on the population to remain calm.”
The gunfire came a day after clashes between police and demonstrators during a banned protest against the failure of authorities to stop jihadist violence in the West African country.
It also follows the arrest of several soldiers earlier this month over a suspected plot to “destabilize institutions” in the West African country, which has a long history of coups.
“Since 1 o’clock in the morning, gunshots have been heard here gangster “Sangole is coming from Lamizana camp,” said a soldier in the district on the western outskirts of Ouagadougou on Sunday.
Residents there also spoke of “rapidly heavy fires”.
Military sources said gunshots were also heard at Baby C, another military camp south of the capital, and an airport near the airport.
Residents there told AFP that gunfire also took place in barracks in the northern towns of Kaya and Ouhigoya.
The shooting follows the most recent protests against the recent jihadist bloodshed in the country.
Police used tear gas to disperse protesters at rallies across the country on Saturday, arresting dozens. Officials said earlier this week that they were banning the protests for security reasons.
Two soldiers were killed when their vehicle collided with a makeshift bomb in the north on Saturday, security sources said.
In Kaya, residents told AFP that protesters had stormed the ruling party’s headquarters.
group associated with al Qaeda The Islamic State group has plagued the Sahel nation since 2015, killing nearly 2,000 people, according to an AFP tally.
Attacks targeting civilians and soldiers continue to rise – and are largely concentrated in the north and east of the country.
The National Emergency Agency says jihadist violence has forced some 1.5 million people to flee their homes in recent years, and many settled in the area around Kaya.
On 27 November, hundreds of people demonstrated against the failure of President Roch Marc Christian Cabore to suppress jihadist violence, with dozens injured in clashes with security forces.
Those protests came days after civilians were targeted by suspected jihadists and the VDP, an official self-defense force, killed 41 people in the northern AAP region, including ladji yorosHe is considered a leader of VDP.
The lieutenant-colonel was among the soldiers arrested this month for a conspiracy to “destabilize institutions”. Emmanuel Zaungrana, who was commanding anti-jihadi operations in the country’s worst-hit western region.
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