Bukina Faso was last night brought into a military government following a coup which stripped interim President Michel Kafando of his position.
Army Official, Mamadou Bamba making a televised statement on the coup
Bukina Faso military took over the government of the country on Wednesday night, September 16, after a successful coup.
The Burkina Faso military in a TV broadcast today, Thursday, September 17 said it had stripped interim President Michel Kafando of his functions and dissolved the government.
This coup comes less than a month before elections meant to restore democracy in the West African country.
Burkina Faso was plunged into chaos yesterday night when the elite Republican Guard, a pillar of long-time former President Blaise Compaore's regime, seized President Kafando, Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida, and two ministers.
"The patriotic forces, grouped together in the National Council for Democracy, have decided today to put an end to the deviant transitional regime," a military official said on RTB state television.