Burkina Faso coup ‘to be reversed’ as violent protests continue

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Burkina Faso will return to civilian rule and an interim government led by the president, Michel Kafando, will be reinstated, reversing a military coup, according to Benin’s president, Thomas Boni Yayi.

“We are going to relaunch the transition under way – a transition led by civilians, with Michel Kafando,” he said on Saturday after meeting the coup leader, Gen Gilbert Diendéré, in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou.

The announcement followed a third day of unrest as hundreds of protesters burned tyres and erected barricades in the streets of Ouagadougou.

Young people wielding sticks and slingshots dragged fences into the streets to block soldiers loyal to Diendéré, who was facing intense diplomatic pressure over Thursday’s putsch.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/19/burkina-faso-coup-to-be-reversed-violent-protests

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Reuters
Saturday 19 September 2015 22.17 BST

[Demeter]

1. A National Profile in Courage

"Burkina Faso, whose citizens toppled president Blaise Compaoré last year as he sought to extend his 27-year rule, had been seen as a model by pro-democracy campaigners across sub-Saharan Africa."

Best wishes to the people--may their revolution succeed!

[frazzled]

2. Yes, best wishes to the people of Burkina Faso.

I was briefly acquainted with one of its citizens, the country's famed film director Gaston Kaboré, one of the kindest and most interesting individuals I've had the pleasure to meet. I've been thinking about him and his family and all the Burkinabés these past few days. Please stay safe and hopeful.

[killbotfactory]

3. They would make him proud

https://vimeo.com/46137917

[Eugene]

4. Burkina Faso coup: Junta insists on staying on

Source: BBC

Burkina Faso coup: Junta insists on staying on

20 September 2015 Africa

The general who led a coup in Burkina Faso this week insists on remaining in power until polls are held, according to a document seen by the BBC.

Gen Gilbert Diendere made the proposal at talks brokered by West African mediators in the capital Ouagadougou.

On Saturday one of the mediators had spoken of a breakthrough and hinted at a new transition government reinstating interim President Michel Kafando.

At least 10 people have been killed in clashes since Thursday's coup.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34307996