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BREAKING: Again, coup scare in Burkina Faso

Thompson Nsisongabasi

Sep 28, 2023

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Burkina Faso's military junta said on Wednesday that a coup attempt had been thwarted the previous day by security and intelligence services, without providing specifics on what had happened.

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In a statement it said officers and others had plotted to destabilise the country with "the dark intention of attacking the institutions of the Republic and plunging our country in chaos.ÔÇØ

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It did not identify anyone but said some arrests had been made and searches continued for others. "Investigations will help unmask the instigators of this plot,ÔÇØ it said.

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The military prosecutor later said four people had been detained and two were on the run. In a statement, it said it had on Wednesday opened an investigation based on "credible allegations about a plot against state security implicating officers.ÔÇØ

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The junta on Monday suspended French news magazine Jeune Afrique for publishing "untruthfulÔÇØ articles that reported tension and discontent within Burkina Faso's armed forces.

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The next day thousands of pro-junta demonstrators took to the streets of the capital Ouagadougou and elsewhere to show their support, citing rumours of a brewing mutiny against the authorities.

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The junta came to power after two military coups last year, triggered in part by a worsening insurgency by armed groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that has destabilised Burkina Faso and its neighbours in West Africa's Sahel region.

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— Thompson Nsisongabasi

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