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Military announces takeover on live TV in Burkina Faso

More than a dozen mutinous soldiers on Monday January 24, announced that a military junta now controls Burkina Faso after they detained the democratically elected president following a day of gunbattle in the capital. A junior officer announced the suspension of the constitution, the dissolution of the government and parliament, and the …

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