Land and air borders will be closed from midnight, the government and the National Assembly dissolved and the constitution “suspended”, they announced.
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Uniformed soldiers announced on Monday, January 24, that they had seized power in Burkina Faso. The Patriotic Movement for Safeguarding and Restoration (MPSR) “which brings together all the components of the defense and security forces, has thus decided to put an end to the power of Mr. Marc Roch Christian Kaboré on January 24, 2022”, announced Captain Kader Ouedraogo, surrounded by about fifteen soldiers on public television.
As a result of this coup initiated on Sunday by mutinies in the barracks of the country, the land and air borders will be closed from midnight, the government and the National Assembly dissolved and the constitution “suspended”. A curfew has been established from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. throughout the territory, continued Kader Ouedraogo who read a press release signed by the leader of the MPSR, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who appears to be the new strongman of the country. The soldiers added that “the operations took place without bloodshed and without any physical violence on the arrested persons who are detained in a safe place with respect for their dignity”, without mentioning any names. The MPSR is also committed “to propose within a reasonable time (…) a timetable for a return to a constitutional order accepted by all”.