{"id":61304,"date":"2014-11-01T15:54:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T15:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=61304"},"modified":"2014-11-01T16:00:53","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T16:00:53","slug":"ghanaians-in-burkina-faso-are-safe-hannah-tetteh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=61304","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians in Burkina Faso are safe &#8211; Hannah Tetteh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"yiv9253425598MsoNormal\">Ghana\u2019s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hannah Tetteh, has assured that Ghanaian citizens in Burkina Faso are safe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9253425598MsoNormal\">There is increasing tension in Burkina Faso after an army general and a colonel both announced they will lead a transition to democracy after Burkina Faso\u2019s President Blaise Compaore resigned after massive protests.<\/p>\n<p id=\"story_continues_1\" class=\"introduction\">According to the BBC, Burkina Faso army chiefs have backed Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida as transitional president.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61309\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61309\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/isaac-zida.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61309\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/isaac-zida.jpg\" alt=\"Colonel Isaac Zida becomes the 2nd military man to claim to be head of state following President Compaore's resignation\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/isaac-zida.jpg 624w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/isaac-zida-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61309\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colonel Isaac Zida becomes the 2nd military man to claim to be head of state following President Compaore&#8217;s resignation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This appears to end confusion over who has succeeded President Blaise Compaore, after\u00a0chief General Honore Traore, had earlier declared himself head of state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/traore.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61315\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/traore.png\" alt=\"traore\" width=\"598\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/traore.png 598w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/traore-300x165.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9253425598MsoNormal\">Madam Tetteh said Ghana&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414855500888_2113\" class=\"yiv9253425598MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1414855500888_2114\">Madam Hannah Tetteh announced this on her twitter handle on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9253425598MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Bukina-Faso..jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-61263\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Bukina-Faso..jpg\" alt=\"Bukina Faso.\" width=\"666\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Bukina-Faso..jpg 666w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Bukina-Faso.-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9253425598MsoNormal\">The Interior Ministry had said that Immigration and Police officers would be patrolling Ghana&#8217;s border to Burkina Faso to help Ghanaians who want to return home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9253425598MsoNormal\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv9253425598MsoNormal\">By: Nana Boakye-Yiadom\/citifmonline.com.Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana\u2019s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hannah Tetteh, has assured that Ghanaian citizens in Burkina Faso are safe. 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