{"id":152518,"date":"2015-09-17T14:20:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T14:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=152518"},"modified":"2015-09-17T14:33:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T14:33:00","slug":"burkina-faso-coup-compaores-ally-named-new-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=152518","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso coup: Compaore\u2019s ally named new leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A close ally of former Burkinabe President, Blaise Compaore has been named the country&#8217;s new leader after a military coup.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The military on Thursday morning <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/09\/17\/coup-udate-burkina-faso-cabinet-dissolved\/\" target=\"_blank\">dissolved the nation&#8217;s cabinet<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>and announced on national television that\u00a0it now controls the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The coup comes just weeks before national elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A statement issued by the coup leaders said the country would be led by Gen Gilbert Diendere who served as Chief of Staff under President Compaore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/665003303001_3870582978001_2014111164251448734-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-152522 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/665003303001_3870582978001_2014111164251448734-20.jpg\" alt=\"665003303001_3870582978001_2014111164251448734-20\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/665003303001_3870582978001_2014111164251448734-20.jpg 480w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/665003303001_3870582978001_2014111164251448734-20-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;1XJ50mcPAe2NJUVfgRV0vIg6BBpLAIwi&#8221;]The statement came a day after members of the elite presidential guard unit of the military arrested the transitional president and prime minister.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Ghanaian resident in Ouagadougou, who spoke to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> said people have been told to stay indoors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt looks calm but you can still hear gunshots. I don\u2019t think there will be a lot of people on the streets now because we were told to stay indoors. Where I am now is far from the place but you can still hear gunshots. It is quite scary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him there are reports that other forces \u201care also mobilizing to come against them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Eugenia Tenkoran\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A close ally of former Burkinabe President, Blaise Compaore has been named the country&#8217;s new leader after a military coup. The military on Thursday morning dissolved the nation&#8217;s cabinet and announced on national television that\u00a0it now controls the country. The coup comes just weeks before national elections. 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