Breaking News: Aborted coup in Burkina Faso
The security and intelligence services in Burkina Faso aborted a coup attempt, on Tuesday, the ruling junta declared on Wednesday.
Although it did not give further details or the names of the coup plotters, but it stated that arrests had been made and that a manhunt had started for further collaborators.
According to a statement, officers and others planned to destabilize the government with “the dark intention of attacking the institutions of the Republic and plunging our country in chaos.”
the junta said:
“Investigations will help unmask the instigators of this plot.”
Jeune Afrique, a French news magazine, was suspended by the junta on Monday for publishing “untruthful” articles on tensions and dissatisfaction in the armed forces of Burkina Faso.
The following day, thousands of pro-junta demonstrators came to the streets of Ouagadougou and other cities to show their support, claiming rumors of a brewing revolt against the authorities.
The junta took control after two military coups in the past year, which were partly brought on by the worsening insurgency by armed groups linked to al Qaeda and the Islamic State that has destabilized Burkina Faso and its neighbors in the Sahel region of West Africa.
Early in September, fighting with militants resulted in over 50 deaths among Burkinabe army and volunteer fighters, the heaviest losses in months.
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