Burkina Faso Military Ousts President, Soldiers Say on State TV

(Bloomberg) — The Burkinabe army has put an end to the rule of President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, according to a statement read on state television Radio Television du Burkina Monday.

The West African nation will return to constitutional order after a year-long transition, the statement signed by Col Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba said. The government and parliament are dissolved, and all borders are closed, it said.

 

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