The situation is confused and tense, Monday, January 24, at Burkina Faso, where soldiers took up position in front of national television in Ougadougou the day after mutinies in several barracks in this country plagued by jihadist violence since 2015. The poor quality of the telephone connections and the cut off of the mobile Internet since Sunday did not facilitate the verification of the many rumors circulating in the city concerning an ongoing coup. Follow our live.
Mutinies in several barracks. Soldiers rebelled on Sunday in several barracks in Burkina Faso to demand the departure of army chiefs and “adapted means” to the fight against the jihadists who have been hitting this country since 2015.
Shooting near the president’s residence. Shots were heard at the end of the day near the residence of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, the Burkinabe head of state, accused by a large part of the population, exasperated by the violence, of being “unable” to counter jihadist groups.
Demonstrations and curfew. On Sunday, demonstrators supported the mutineers and set up makeshift roadblocks in several avenues in the capital, before being dispersed by the police. LPresident Kaboré has thus decreed a curfew from 8 p.m. “until further notice”.