Burkina Faso: In the capital the army to overthrow the coup
Dramatic turn took Monday the crisis in Burkina Faso, as head of the armed forces of the country called the coup of presidential guard "to lay down their arms", while the province many army units abandoned their camps and move to the capital .
Eyewitnesses told the agency router that soldiers left their bases in many cities and a convoy has reached a distance of 100 km from the capital.
Residents of cities Ntentougkou, Fata N'Gkourma, Kaya, Ouachigkougia and Bobo-Dioulasso saw soldiers moving in the Ougkantougkou with tanks and trucks while the crowd that had gathered them cheered.
Since 17 September, when the presidential guard and former chief, General Gilbert Ntientere, overthrew the transitional president of the country, the army kept a neutral stance.
Challenging the transitional government that was responsible to lead the country to elections after the overthrow of Blaise Compaoré, 2014, General Ntientere assumed direct power. But denies that instructs the Kompaore, whose right hand was.
The streets of Ouagadougou emptied the afternoon, after the announcement of the army.
Earlier General Ntientere were to meet with the leaders of the army general staff, but has nothing leaked from this meeting.
Burkina Faso, a poor country in sub-Saharan Africa with 17 million. Inhabitants has experienced several coups since 1960, when it regained its independence. General Ntientere had played a key role in the coup of 1987 that brought to power Blaise Compaoré and led to the death of the president Thomas Sankara.
After 27 years as president, the Kompaore ousted by a popular uprising last year in October, when hundreds of thousands of protesters swarmed the capital to prevent him to change the constitution in order to keep in power.
Dramatic turn took Monday the crisis in Burkina Faso, as head of the armed forces of the country called the coup of presidential guard "to lay down their arms", while the province many army units abandoned their camps and move to the capital .
Eyewitnesses told the agency router that soldiers left their bases in many cities and a convoy has reached a distance of 100 km from the capital.
Residents of cities Ntentougkou, Fata N'Gkourma, Kaya, Ouachigkougia and Bobo-Dioulasso saw soldiers moving in the Ougkantougkou with tanks and trucks while the crowd that had gathered them cheered.
Since 17 September, when the presidential guard and former chief, General Gilbert Ntientere, overthrew the transitional president of the country, the army kept a neutral stance.
Challenging the transitional government that was responsible to lead the country to elections after the overthrow of Blaise Compaoré, 2014, General Ntientere assumed direct power. But denies that instructs the Kompaore, whose right hand was.
The streets of Ouagadougou emptied the afternoon, after the announcement of the army.
Earlier General Ntientere were to meet with the leaders of the army general staff, but has nothing leaked from this meeting.
Burkina Faso, a poor country in sub-Saharan Africa with 17 million. Inhabitants has experienced several coups since 1960, when it regained its independence. General Ntientere had played a key role in the coup of 1987 that brought to power Blaise Compaoré and led to the death of the president Thomas Sankara.
After 27 years as president, the Kompaore ousted by a popular uprising last year in October, when hundreds of thousands of protesters swarmed the capital to prevent him to change the constitution in order to keep in power.
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