Protesters angry at plans to allow Burkina Faso’s President Blaise Compaore to extend his 27-year-rule have stormed parliament in the capital, Ouagadougou.<\/p>\n
The military has opened fire in an attempt to disperse the protesters, a BBC reporter in the city says.<\/p>\n
Burkina Faso’s parliament is due to consider a constitutional amendment to open the way for Mr Compaore to contest elections next year.<\/p>\n
He first took power in a coup in 1987.<\/p>\n
He has won four disputed elections since then.<\/p>\n
The opposition has called for a campaign of civil disobedience to demand that he steps down next year.<\/p>\n
Some young protesters have entered parliament and the army has responded by firing live bullets, reports the BBC’s Yacouba Ouedraogo from Ouagadougou.<\/p>\n
Police were forced to withdraw after the protesters stormed the building, Reuters news agency quotes a witness as saying.<\/p>\n
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