Ecowas warn Burkina Faso soldiers over ‘coup attempt’

Burkina Faso’s neighbours say that they are holding mutinying soldiers responsible for the wellbeing of President Roch Kaboré.

The West African regional bloc Ecowas has called Sunday and Monday’s events “a coup attempt” – in addition to reportedly seizing the president, soldiers have taken over the state broadcaster RTB.

Those mutinying have demanded changes in the military’s leadership and more resources in their fight against jihadists.

It is not yet known if a message published on Mr Kaboré’s Twitter account on Monday, calling for the country’s democracy to be protected, was from the president himself. He has not been seen in public since reports of his detention emerged.

The 15-member group has suspended Mali and Guinea from its membership and imposed sanctions on them after the military in the two countries seized power.

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