{"id":60807,"date":"2014-10-30T13:56:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T13:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=60807"},"modified":"2014-10-30T14:04:49","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T14:04:49","slug":"burkina-faso-in-flames-what-africans-are-sayingburkina-faso-in-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=60807","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso in flames: What Africans are saying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters have set fire to Burkina Faso&#8217;s parliament over plans to extend President Blaise Compaore\u2019s 27-year-rule.<\/p>\n<p>Members of Parliament had to suspend a vote on changing the constitution to allow Mr Compaore to stand for re-election next year.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Compaore first took power in a coup in 1987, and has won four disputed elections since then.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition has called for a campaign of civil disobedience to demand that he steps down in elections next year.<\/p>\n<p>Africans and other nationals have taken to social media to express support for Burkinabes.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some tweets from all over the world.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackSpring?src=hash\">#BlackSpring<\/a> in the land of Thomas Sankara. May justice be done. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurkinaFaso?src=hash\">#BurkinaFaso<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dekuek (@dekuekd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dekuekd\/status\/527803054913892352\">October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurkinaFaso?src=hash\">#BurkinaFaso<\/a> Parliament put on fire by protesters. Protests in the streets. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/5k3Mfb2jda\">pic.twitter.com\/5k3Mfb2jda<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Don\u2122 #MUFC (@DonKNVB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonKNVB\/status\/527803344405155840\">October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurkinaFaso?src=hash\">#BurkinaFaso<\/a> i wonder whts wrong wth african presidents and power. If your time is up&#8230;just move on unless you fear ghosts<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jawiwi (@ooginga56) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ooginga56\/status\/527803701839552512\">October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Many in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurkinaFaso?src=hash\">#BurkinaFaso<\/a> saying former army chief Louge Kouame is likely to take power<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eoghan mac Suibhne (@buileshuibhne) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buileshuibhne\/status\/527803754079588353\">October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Even the goats are fed up with him. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurkinaFaso?src=hash\">#BurkinaFaso<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/africarising?src=hash\">#africarising<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/6QIMcaR3NP\">pic.twitter.com\/6QIMcaR3NP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Spider (@Spider_ke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Spider_ke\/status\/527798539779207170\">October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurkinaFaso?src=hash\">#BurkinaFaso<\/a> &#8211; the ghost of Thomas Sankara has come back to haunt the oppressor. May the people win.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kathleen Ndongmo (@KathleenNdongmo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KathleenNdongmo\/status\/527796571350794240\">October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Compaore failed to transform the lives of people in 27 years. Why does he need another 5 yrs? &#10;&#10;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurkinaFaso?src=hash\">#BurkinaFaso<\/a>&#10;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iwili?src=hash\">#Iwili<\/a>&#10;<a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/GhCDVfMk2G\">pic.twitter.com\/GhCDVfMk2G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 15MBcn_int (@15MBcn_int) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/15MBcn_int\/status\/527815732269424641\">October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>At the end of the day.. However long it may take, the people will stand up and speak! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurkinaFaso?src=hash\">#BurkinaFaso<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Freedom?src=hash\">#Freedom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Esther Kunda (@estherkunda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/estherkunda\/status\/527804551626489857\">October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Even if you keep people in abject poverty they can over throw you! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurkinaFaso?src=hash\">#BurkinaFaso<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThomasSakanrans?src=hash\">#ThomasSakanrans<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robert Fungo Matanda (@rfungom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rfungom\/status\/527804602331443201\">October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Mother <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Africa?src=hash\">#Africa<\/a> Aids wasnt enough? Lord help against evil this blessed continent. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurkinaFaso?src=hash\">#BurkinaFaso<\/a> in turmoil &#8211; nation past the brink of collap<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Naeem El&#39;Jaba&#39;al (@Eljabaal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eljabaal\/status\/527805053609189377\">October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurkinaFaso?src=hash\">#BurkinaFaso<\/a> &#10;This is what democracy look like. <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/MF5dkjfdmM\">pic.twitter.com\/MF5dkjfdmM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Segnali di ripresa (@Brunomgiordano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brunomgiordano\/status\/527803902822187009\">October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Campaore?src=hash\">#Campaore<\/a> thinks revolution a la <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ArabSpring?src=hash\">#ArabSpring<\/a> can&#39;t happen in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurkinaFaso?src=hash\">#BurkinaFaso<\/a> or West Africa.Anything happens,when people re pushed to the wall.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dennis O. Adesanoye (@stdennis02) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stdennis02\/status\/527805521286676480\">October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>For those who don&#39;t know, please look up Thomas Sankara &amp; the history of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BurkinaFaso?src=hash\">#BurkinaFaso<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Khadijah J Here2Slay (@Pundit_AcadEMIC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pundit_AcadEMIC\/status\/527805945041420289\">October 30, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Mawuli Tsikata\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters have set fire to Burkina Faso&#8217;s parliament over plans to extend President Blaise Compaore\u2019s 27-year-rule. Members of Parliament had to suspend a vote on changing the constitution to allow Mr Compaore to stand for re-election next year. Mr Compaore first took power in a coup in 1987, and has won four disputed elections since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":60816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[43,38],"class_list":["post-60807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-foresight-medical-center","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/60816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}