Fears of Coup in Burkina Faso After Gunfire Reported Near President's Home

Gunfire rang out late Sunday near the home of Burkina Faso’s embattled President Roch Marc Christian Kabore

A mutinous soldier fires into the air at the Bobo interchange, near the Lamizana camp in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou, on Jan. 23, 2022.Updated: January 24, 2022 12:51 AM EST | Originally published: January 23, 2022 10:05 AM EST

A mutinous soldier also told AP by phone that heavy fighting was under way near the presidential palace, a claim that could not immediately be independently corroborated. “Well, it’s a few barracks. There are not too many,” Simpore said. “In some of these barracks, the calm has already returned. So that’s it for the moment. As I said, we are monitoring the situation.”“Contrary to some information, no institution of the republic has been targeted,” the headline continued.

“We want the military to take power,” said Salif Sawadogo as he tried to avoid tear gas on the streets of Ouagadougou. “Our democracy is not stable.”

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