Ghanaian nationals in Burkina Faso will be evacuated should the current situation in the country worsen.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Hannah Tetteh told Radio Ghana that government was monitoring the situation in the country and would consider evacuating Ghanaian nationals should the crisis deepen.
[contextly_sidebar id=”HMXBt0Bi0ljh7jqjrEQ4xWQU80CQKHsM”]Madam Tetteh had earlier taken to Twitter to assure the safety Ghanaian citizens in the embattled West African country.
She said Ghana’s Embassy in Burkina Faso has been directed to contact leaders of the Ghanaian community for any information that would help mobilize more of them and keep them safe.
However, reports of gunshots at the headquarters of Burkina Faso’s State TV in the capital Ouagadougou on Sunday have intensified fears for the safety of Ghanaians in the country.
Former leader Blaise Compaore stepped down as president after protests in response to a proposed amendment of the constitution by the Parliament, that would have extended the president’s stay in power.
Media reports indicate that Mr. Compaore has fled to the Ivory Coast, although he was initially thought to have entered Ghana.
A house belonging to the ousted president’s brother was ransacked
The army seized power on Friday after Compaore’s resignation and named Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida as the leader of a transitional government.
The country has since closed it borders to several African countries, including Ghana due to the political insecurity in the country.
Meanwhile, security personnel have had to clear thousands of demonstrators, led by opposition parties and civic groups who gathered in on the streets on Sunday in protest of the army takeover after the resignation of President Blaise Compaore.
The African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have condemned the military take over, with ECOWAS president John Dramani Mahama saying the regional bloc will not “recognize any ascension to power through non constitutional means.”
By: Edwin Kwakofi/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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