Forty-eight hours after the forced resignation of the President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaore, the army moved slowly his power. Sunday
afternoon in the capital Ouagadougou, she took control of the national radio and television and the Place de la Nation. Even where protesters
gathered for several days to demand and obtain the departure of their president. Even where Sunday morning they were found, but this time in small numbers, to denounce the confiscation of their struggle and their victory by the military.
"The army must immediately leave the public stage, says this protester. Its role is to ensure the safety of the country. "" The biggest democracies in the world are governed by civilians, not by military says that another protester. Westerners want to install the military power to govern us. But the people of Burkina Faso now has his eyes open. "
The mission of international mediation, composed of the United Nations, the African Union and ECOWAS, asked the army to make way for a "transition driven by a civilian, according to the constitutional order." And threatened, if contrary to sanctions.
This weekend, residents of the capital have "visited" the house completely ravaged the brother of the former president, François Compaoré, who has taken refuge in Benin before moving to France. The former Head of State, Blaise Compaore, himself has been granted asylum in Ivory Coast.
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