Mutiny

Burkina Faso: Coup Leader Addresses Nation In First Speech Since Takeover

Jan 28, 2022. by Ekohot Editor

The military announced that it had seized power on state television on Monday… EKO HOT BLOG reports that new military leader of Burkina Faso has promised a return to the normal constitutional order “when the conditions are right”. Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba led a mutiny that ousted President Roch Kaboré on Monday. Read also: Coup: … Read more

Mutiny: Soldiers Arrest, Detain Burkina Faso’s President Kabore

Jan 24, 2022. by Ekohot Editor

The situation was tense and confused in the capital, where mobile internet had been cut on Sunday… EKO HOT BLOG reports that mutinous troops in restive Burkina Faso arrested President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on Monday and detained him in army barracks a day after staging an uprising, security sources told AFP. Soldiers at several … Read more