| 5,486,099 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Shots were fired Thursday inside the compound of Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, according to an AFP journalist.The fire from heavy and light weapons came from the barracks of the presidential guard which is located inside the 20-hectare compound. |
| 5,486,103 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
A group of mutinous soldiers in the early hours of 15 April 2011 besieged the premises of Savane FM, a Ouagadougou-based privately-owned radio station and vandalized the station. |
| 5,486,106 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Schools in Ouagadougou started a 72 hour strike. |
| 5,486,110 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Soldiers from three barracks took to the streets of the Burkina Faso capital overnight, firing into the air and pillaging as their mutiny entered a third day, an AFP journalist reported Saturday. |
| 5,486,115 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore dissolved his government and named a new army chief Friday following a mutiny by members of his presidential guard. |
| 5,486,119 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore left the capital Ouagadougou early Friday amid a mutiny by his personal guard that has spread to other barracks, a military source said. |
| 5,486,122 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Hundreds of shopkeepers set fire to the headquarters of Burkina Faso's ruling party Saturday, saying they were angry at soldiers who looted and destroyed their merchandise and at the government that did not stopped it. |
| 5,486,126 |
12.3703 |
-1.5247 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Unrest in Burkina Faso is continuing for a third day with soldiers shooting into the air and looting shops. |
| 5,486,130 |
11.17 |
-1.15 |
Burkina Faso |
|
A mutiny launched by soldiers in Ouagadougou spread to the southern town of Po, near Burkina Faso's border with Ghana, on Sunday. |
| 5,486,134 |
11.77 |
-0.36 |
Burkina Faso |
|
Soldiers in Tenkodogo fired gun shots in the air in several neighbourhoods of the city. |
