Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Mamadou Bamba appears on national television Thursday morning to confirm the coup d'état, dissolution of the transitional government and assumption of power by the "National Council for…

The second in command of Burkina Faso's presidential guard, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida, said on Saturday he had taken power after deposed President Blaise Compaore reportedly fled the capital. Zida declared a rival claim by…