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Burkina Faso denies army takeover after military barracks gunfire

Mutinous Burkina Faso soldiers on a bridge near the Lamizana military camp in Ouagadougou, January 23, 2022. AP - Sophie Garcia

Gunfire broke out at several army barracks in Burkina Faso on Sunday, prompting the government to deny that the military had seized control of the notoriously volatile Sahel state.

"Since 1am, gunfire has been heard here in Gounghin coming from the Sangoule Lamizana camp," a soldier in a district on the western suburbs of the capital Ouagadougou said.

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