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Pro-coup supporters rally in Burkina Faso as UN condemns takeover

A man holds a national flag as people gather in support of a coup that deposed President Roch Kabore, dissolved government, suspended the constitution and closed borders in Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou [Vincent Bado/Reuters]

Several hundred people have gathered in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou in support of a military takeover that a day earlier deposed President Roch Kabore, as France and the UN condemned the West African country’s latest coup.

Officers detained and deposed democratically-elected Kabore in the volatile state on Monday amid deepening anger at his handling of violence by armed groups.

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