The president of Burkina Faso and members of his cabinet have been detained by mutinying soldiers in a barracks, according to reports that suggest a new violent coup has occurred in west Africa
Last night gunfire was heard near President Kabore’s home in the capital Ouagadougou after soldiers seized a number of army bases.
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