{"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\/2015\/09\/coup-udate-burkina-faso-cabinet-dissolved\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso Coup update: Cabinet dissolved"},"content":{"rendered":"
Burkina Faso’s cabinet has been dissolved.<\/p>\n
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
[contextly_sidebar id=”r8G3kVzvZUlK64qCWu7nby5QhVL9GW13″]An officer said on state television that a new “national democratic council” had taken control to end the “deviant regime.”<\/p>\n
The head of the Burkina Faso’s transitional Parliament, Moumina Cheriff Sy, \u00a0in a statement condemned the action and described it as a \u201ccoup d\u2019\u00e9tat.\u201d<\/p>\n
There was heavy shooting in the capital Oaugadougou.<\/p>\n