{"id":152420,"date":"2015-09-17T09:37:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T09:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=152420"},"modified":"2015-09-17T09:50:19","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T09:50:19","slug":"coup-udate-burkina-faso-cabinet-dissolved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=152420","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso Coup update: Cabinet dissolved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Burkina Faso&#8217;s cabinet has been dissolved.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Soldiers from the presidential guard interrupted a cabinet meeting on Wednesday evening and detained the country\u2019s interim President Michel Kafando, the prime minister and two cabinet members.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;r8G3kVzvZUlK64qCWu7nby5QhVL9GW13&#8243;]An officer said on state television that a new &#8220;national democratic council&#8221; had taken control to end the &#8220;deviant regime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The head of the Burkina Faso&#8217;s transitional Parliament, Moumina Cheriff Sy, \u00a0in a statement condemned the action and described it as a \u201ccoup d\u2019\u00e9tat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was heavy shooting in the capital Oaugadougou.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_152439\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152439\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Burkina-Faso-1_3442951b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152439\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Burkina-Faso-1_3442951b.jpg\" alt=\"People demonstrate near the presidential palace after soldiers arrested the transitional president in Burkina Faso\" width=\"620\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Burkina-Faso-1_3442951b.jpg 620w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Burkina-Faso-1_3442951b-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-152439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">People demonstrate near the presidential palace after soldiers arrested the transitional president<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The interim President Michel Kafando and interim PM Yacouba Isaac Zida were due to hand over power to a new government after elections on October 11.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Long-serving ruler Blaise Compaore was ousted in a popular uprising in 2014.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burkina Faso&#8217;s cabinet has been dissolved. Soldiers from the presidential guard interrupted a cabinet meeting on Wednesday evening and detained the country\u2019s interim President Michel Kafando, the prime minister and two cabinet members. 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