{"id":139207,"date":"2022-01-24T15:11:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T14:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=139207"},"modified":"2022-01-24T15:11:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T14:11:08","slug":"soldiers-detain-burkina-faso-president-amid-coup-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/24\/soldiers-detain-burkina-faso-president-amid-coup-plot\/","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers detain Burkina Faso president amid coup plot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mutinying soldiers have reportedly detained President Roch Kabore of Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n<p>WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the mutinying soldiers have reportedly surrounded the state television headquarters<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-60109234\"><strong>According to the BBC<\/strong><\/a>, the soldiers were said to have demanded the sacking of the country\u2019s military chiefs and asked for more resources to fight Islamist insurgents.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy gunfire was reportedly heard on Sunday night near the presidential palace and at several barracks in Ouagadougou, the country\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>But the government denied the rumour that a coup was underway and that the president had been arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Bathelemy Simpore, the country\u2019s defence minister, denied the rumour that Kabore had been detained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe head of state has not been detained; no institution of the country has been threatened,\u201d Simpore was quoted to have said on national television.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now, we don\u2019t know their motives or what they are demanding. We are trying to get in contact with them,\u201d he said, adding that calm had returned to some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/12\/02\/over-90-of-police-officers-in-barracks-dont-have-befitting-accomodation-igp\/\">barracks<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Burkina Faso authorities later declared a curfew from 8pm to 5:30am until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>Schools across the country were also directed to be closed for two days (Monday and Tuesday).<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes a day after protesters took to the street to demonstrate against the government\u2019s inability to stop attacks and killings of civilians by militants.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters also asked Kabore to resign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mutinying soldiers have reportedly detained President Roch Kabore of Burkina Faso. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the mutinying soldiers have reportedly surrounded the state television headquarters According to the BBC, the soldiers were said to have demanded the sacking of the country\u2019s military chiefs and asked for more resources to fight Islamist insurgents. 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