Heavy gunfire reported at Burkina Faso military base
23/1/2022 19:56
Heavy gunfire rang out at a military base in Burkina Faso's capital early Sunday, prompting fears that a coup attempt was underway after weeks of growing frustration with the government's handling of the Islamic insurgency wracking the country.
The government put out a statement acknowledging gunfire in army barracks but denying an army takeover of the country. President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has not been detained, according to Defense Minister Aime Barthelemy Simpore.
State broadcaster RTB carried a news headline describing the gunfire as "acts of discontent by soldiers."
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