Uniformed soldiers announced on national television that they had taken power in Burkina Faso on Monday evening, January 24. The announcement came at the end of a confusing day, marked by uncertainties around the fate of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. The rumour of a potential coup d'état was already circulating in the country after mutinies in several cities on Sunday to demand the departure of army chiefs.
On the evening of January 24, the military announced that it was taking power in Burkina Faso, closing the borders at midnight, dissolving the government and the National Assembly, and suspending the constitution.
