"And Down....It's over....all over for El Presidente."
Posted on 09/16/2015 11:49:26 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Soldiers from Burkina Faso's powerful presidential guard interrupted a cabinet meeting on Wednesday and detained the ministers, the prime minister and interim President Michel Kafando, military sources said.
The move came two days after a commission charged with drafting reforms for Burkina Faso's transitional government proposed dismantling the elite unit. The presidential guard, known as the RSP, was a key pillar of President Blaise Compaore's regime before he was toppled by demonstrations in October after 27 years in power.
"It is the whole of the government, including the prime minister and the president, taken by a group of soldiers from the presidential guard," said one senior military source. "They have not asked for anything for the time being."
Journalists from state television, who had gone to film the cabinet meeting, confirmed that the cabinet had been detained by soldiers.
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FOREIGN EMBASSIES IN BURKINA WARNING THEIR NATIONALS TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES AND STAY PUT
This will be one of Hewitt’s questions to Trump tonight.
Just booked my vacation too. Hope I got Coup insurance.
Used to be called Upper Volta. Had to look it up. Do they have electricity there?
"And Down....It's over....all over for El Presidente."
We live in interesting times. Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t think ‘small stuff’ is going to be reported on anytime soon. So much going on all over the damn world.
"Burkina Faso? Disputed Zone? Who called all these places????"
[”It is the whole of the government, including the prime minister and the president, taken by a group of soldiers from the presidential guard,” said one senior military source. “They have not asked for anything for the time being.”]
Must have had a rogue president and cabinet? Haven’t heard of what was going on over there.
My husband is in Burkina Faso. Nothing like reading it on FR first :(
A coup?
In AFRICA?!?
Goodness, what is he doing there?
He’s captain of the president’s plane, and I’m not very happy about it.
How did he land that job? Of Burkina Faso? Is your Husband from there :O
It just raising so many Questions.
I pray he is safe.
No, he isn’t from there. He just has a lot of experience and time in the aircraft and had the right connections in the field when the job came up. Not many American pilots are willing to live and work in Africa, and with the way the industry is now, he’s happy to have a job.
Is he paid in American Dollars?
He makes a decent amount and yes, in USD. He only has a few years left till mandatory retirement so it’s our retirement plan and money.
As for what’s going on in Burkina Faso, he gets most of his news from the internet, too, so I don’t have any inside information.
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