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In Burkina Faso, protesters smashed the headquarters of the ruling Popular Movement for Progress party, located in the country’s capital, Ouagadougou. Portal announced this Burkina24, as well as LeFaso. The protests began amid reports of shootings at several military bases and rumors of a coup attempt.
The demonstrators tried to hold a rally in the center of Ouagadougou, but the police dispersed the crowd with tear gas. After that, the protesters went to the headquarters of the ruling party, looted it and set it on fire. The police then dispersed the protesters.
Crowds of young people also gathered near the army bases in Ouagadougou and other cities where gunfire was heard. They demand the resignation of the president of the country of Rock, Mark Christian Kabore, accusing him of not actively fighting terrorists and bandits.
According to media reports, mobile communications have not been working in Burkina Faso since the morning of January 23. The internet has also been shut down in the country.
Speaking on national television, Burkina Faso’s defense minister, General Aimé Barthelemy Simpore, denied reports of the arrest of the country’s president. He stated that the situation in the barracks, where the shooting was carried out, is normalizing. An investigation has begun transmits TASS.
According to the state-run Burkina Radio and Television, the shooting was “an act of dissatisfaction on the part of a number of military personnel, but no more.” According to him, the servicemen who started shooting demanded an increase in the number of troops sent to fight terrorists, the resignation of some commanders, and an increase in payments to the families of the dead servicemen.
On January 11, the authorities of Burkina Faso announced that they had detained a group of military men who are suspected of plotting a takeover of power in the country. In the past few months, President Rock Mark Christian Kabore has made a series of major reshuffles in the command of the armed forces.
In November 2021, security forces used tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital. Then people took to the streets because of the attacks of Islamic terrorists. On November 14, an attack in the city of Inata, located in the province of Sum in the north of the country, killed 53 people, including 49 policemen.
Al-Qaeda and Islamic State-linked groups have been carrying out attacks in Burkina Faso since 2015. As a result, thousands of people died and 1.4 million people were forced to flee their homes.
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