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UPDATE: Burkina Faso Military Deposes President Kabore, Suspends Constitution

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The Burkina Faso Military has announced that it has deposed President Roch Kabore, seizing control of the country and dissolved the government. In a televised broadcast on Monday, the army said it had taken over the government, suspended the constitution and the National Assembly, as well as closed the country's borders. The announcement, signed by Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was read by another officer on the state television, noting that the takeover had been carried out without violence and those detained are in a secured location.


The group that carried out the coup identified itself as the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (MPSR).


“In view of the continuing deterioration of the security situation which threatens the very foundations of our country, the manifest inability of the power of Mr Marc Christian Kaboré to unite the Burkinabé to deal effectively with the situation…,” the group said.


The group further explained that deposing the government “is a decision taken with the sole aim of allowing our country to get back on the right track and gather all its forces to fight for its territorial integrity, its role of the CEMA and its sovereignty.”


Vigil360news reports that the coup in Burkina Faso is the latest in the region after similar coups in Chad, Mali, and Guinea.

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