At the Embassy of Burkina Faso in Paris, Thursday, dozens of protesters gathered as their compatriots in Ouagadougou. Mobilized to demand the abandonment of the constitutional amendment vote, some claimed the outright departure of President Blaise Compaore, in power for twenty-seven years.
In the evening, Ivorian and Senegalese protesters joined them.
Former colonial power, France is home to some of the Burkinabe diaspora. President Francois Hollande has called for calm in Ouagadougou and all parties to exercise restraint. A special envoy of the UN went to Burkina Faso to assess the situation. Washington was concerned.
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