Burkina Faso army announces emergency measures
October 30, 2014
Parliament was ransacked and set ablaze[/caption]
A resident told the BBC he saw MPs’ homes on fire, reports Lebo Diseko
Burkina Faso’s military has announced emergency measures – including the formation of a transitional government – after a day of violent protests.
Demonstrators angered by President Blaise Compaore’s bid to extend his 27-year rule earlier set fire to parliament and government buildings. Protesters in the capital, Ouagadougou, are calling for him to resign. The emergency moves announced by army chief Gen Honore Traore did not say who would lead the interim administration. At a press conference, he declared the imposition of an overnight curfew, as well as the dissolution of parliament. Gen Traore announced that a “transitional body [would] be put in place in consultation with all parties”. “A return to the constitutional order is expected in no more than 12 months,” he said. President Compaore later said he would hand over power at the end of the transitional government. He earlier issued a statement, declaring the emergency and saying that the head of the armed forces was in charge of implementing the decision. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfuKu2JuG6M The protests in the capital – the most serious yet against Mr Compaore’s rule – forced MPs to abandon a vote aimed at allowing the president to seek re-election in 2015. BBC West Africa correspondent Thomas Fessy says the people of Burkina Faso are still waiting to hear who will lead their country. As confusion prevails, he says, the violence may spread. [caption id="attachment_13537" align="alignleft" width="624"]


President Blaise Compaore spoke to the BBC earlier this week
- Served under President Thomas Sankara as minister of state to the presidency
- Took power after Sankara was killed in mysterious circumstances by a group of soldiers in 1987
- First elected president in 1991 and again in 1998
- A new constitution in 2000 limited presidents to two terms in office, and limited terms to five years
- Won two further terms
- Protests at attempts to amend the term limits began a year ago, fuelled by the high cost of living


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