The power grab violated the country’s constitution.
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The communique also said that the land and air borders were now closed, and that a curfew would be in effect from 7 p.m.to 6 a.m.
“We are deeply disappointed that the self-interested actions of a few are threatening the historic opportunity that the people of Burkina Faso have to cast their ballots and build a new future for the country”.
“The president firmly condemns the coup d’Etat that has taken place in Burkina Faso“, the French presidency said in a statement.
Burkina Faso’s military initially had picked Zida to lead the country when it swooped in and took control in the power vacuum after Compaore’s resignation.
The military in Burkina Faso has announced the dissolution of the country’s transitional government.
What’s happened today so far?
Witnesses said that soldiers fired warning shots on Thursday to disperse crowds gathering in the streets of Ouagadougou, who responded by throwing stones.
Sporadic gunfire continued to ring out from other areas of the capital.
The three organisations reaffirmed their full support to the Transition at this critical time, for the conclusion of its mission with the conduct of elections scheduled to hold on October 11, 2015.
But Compaore finally provoked an uprising against him previous year when he manoeouvred to prolong his 27-year-rule beyond his constitutional term.
Now, the transitional government has been dissolved, the military unit said in a TV address by Lieutenant Colonel Mamadou Bamba, who said they had put an end to “the deviant regime of transition”.
Michel Kafando, premier Isaac Zida and two ministers after interrupting a cabinet meeting, according to a statement from Cherif Sy, the head of the transitional council.
Hours later, the coup leaders announced that a military general and former aide to the former longtime president now leads Burkina Faso.
Meanwhile there have been local and worldwide reactions to the coup, Moumina Cheriff Sy, the speaker of the transitional parliament, called the coup “a blow to the republic and its institutions”.
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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has also expressed concern about the detention of the president and several ministers, and has called for their immediate release.
