Burkina Faso’s President, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, has reportedly been detained in a military camp by mutinying soldiers demanding better conditions for fighting chronic attacks by jihadist militants since 2015, security and diplomatic sources said.
Residents heard heavy gunfire around Mr Kaboré’s residence in the capital, Ouagadougou, on Sunday night, while armoured SUVs used by the presidential fleet were found abandoned in the streets on Monday. Some were peppered by bullet holes and one was spattered with blood.
