
Burkina Faso's new military leaders on Sunday said calm had been restored to the capital Ouagadougou following scenes of violence outside the French embassy. The country's future has been plunged into uncertainty after it suffered its second coup in a year.
Security forces fired tear gas at protesters who threw rocks and set fire to barriers outside the embassy as anti-French sentiment grew following the ousting on Friday of junta leader President Paul-Henri Damiba.