Soldiers in Burkina Faso announced on state television on Monday evening that they have seized power following a mutiny. French President Emmanuel Macron said he stood beside other African leaders from the Ecowas regional body in condemning the coup.
A junior officer announced the suspension of the constitution, the dissolution of the government and parliament, and the closure of the country's borders from midnight Monday, reading from a statement signed by Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.
