The putschists announced the closure of the borders, dissolved the government as well as the National Assembly and “suspended” the Constitution. The Kaboré President was arrested and would be retained by the mutineers.
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Nearly ten hours have elapsed between taking national television in Ouagadougou by encased soldiers and the officialization of Putsch in Burkina Faso, Monday, January 24th. The face of the country’s new man, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, appeared on the screens at the end of the day, after a weekend of tension and mutinies in several barracks in the country, where terrorist attacks have Made more than 2,000 deaths in six years.
The patriotic movement for backup and restoration (MPSR), “which includes all the components of the defense and security forces, has decided to end the power of Mr. Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, “said Captain Kader Ouedraogo, surrounded by fifteen soldiers, military and red berets.
The putschists announced the closure of land and air borders from midnight, dissolved the government as well as the National Assembly and “suspended” the Constitution. A curfew was also decreed from 21 hours to 5 hours, all over the extent of the territory, “until further order”. Monday, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, who said follow “with deep concern” The situation, called the military “to deposit arms” and to “ensure the protection” of President Kaboré, who was, who was, According to his entourage, placed in a “surveyed villa”.
“The country is released!”
After the television declaration of the junta, a few hundred supporters gathered on the nation’s place, in the heart of the capital, have shouted their joy and kill the national anthem. “The homeland or death, we defeat!”, Sang these, brandishing small flags of Burkina Faso. “With President Roch, we lived every day of killings, the misery, now with the military to power, we hope to find peace”, wants to believe Oousseni Bamogo, an unemployed welder. In the city center, groups of young people also paraded on their motorbike, honking and shouting: “The country is released! Long live the army!”
The confirmation of putsch ended a long day of uncertainty in Burkina Faso, but did not lift the veil on the fate of the fallen president. On Sunday night to Monday, shots were heard near the home of the Head of State, in the district of the Patte-DEIO, and three vehicles riddled with bullets were found on the outskirts of the house, abandoned in the middle of the street. Traces of blood covered the seats of one of the vehicles.
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