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Images of a Dramatic Day in Burkina Faso Images of a Dramatic Day in Burkina Faso
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As my colleagues Hervé Taoko, Alan Cowell and Rukmini Callimachi report, the fate of President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso was in doubt late Thursday, after tens of thousands of demonstrators set fire to the Parliament building and seized the offices of state television in the capital, Ouagadougou.As my colleagues Hervé Taoko, Alan Cowell and Rukmini Callimachi report, the fate of President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso was in doubt late Thursday, after tens of thousands of demonstrators set fire to the Parliament building and seized the offices of state television in the capital, Ouagadougou.
Gen. Honoré Nabéré Traoré, the chief of staff of Burkina Faso’s armed forces, announced that a transitional authority would take power and rule the country until elections were held, within 12 months.Gen. Honoré Nabéré Traoré, the chief of staff of Burkina Faso’s armed forces, announced that a transitional authority would take power and rule the country until elections were held, within 12 months.
The sacking of the legislative chamber, which prevented a vote on the president’s plan to add a further term to his 27 years in office, was captured in video posted on the sub-Saharan news site Sahelien.com.The sacking of the legislative chamber, which prevented a vote on the president’s plan to add a further term to his 27 years in office, was captured in video posted on the sub-Saharan news site Sahelien.com.
Images posted online by Burkina 24, a local news site, appeared to show smoke from the burning legislative chamber mixing with a cloud of tear gas fired at the demonstrators.Images posted online by Burkina 24, a local news site, appeared to show smoke from the burning legislative chamber mixing with a cloud of tear gas fired at the demonstrators.
Video obtained by France 24’s Observateurs project, shot by a witness to the demonstration, showed the security forces trying and failing to contain the protesters earlier in the day.Video obtained by France 24’s Observateurs project, shot by a witness to the demonstration, showed the security forces trying and failing to contain the protesters earlier in the day.
One of the protesters, Cendrine Nama, shared snapshots of the day on Facebook, along with a personal account written in French.
A Reuters photographer, Joe Penney, shared updates from the streets and dramatic images of the protesters inside Parliament and in control of the state broadcaster’s studio in the capital.A Reuters photographer, Joe Penney, shared updates from the streets and dramatic images of the protesters inside Parliament and in control of the state broadcaster’s studio in the capital.
One of Mr. Penney’s photographs, shared on social networks, caught the eye of the American rapper Chuck D. He saluted the protesters, one of whom was wearing a shirt emblazoned with the name of his group, Public Enemy.One of Mr. Penney’s photographs, shared on social networks, caught the eye of the American rapper Chuck D. He saluted the protesters, one of whom was wearing a shirt emblazoned with the name of his group, Public Enemy.