By FRANCE 24
Shots were heard late Sunday near the private home of Burkina Faso’s president in the capital Ouagadougou, residents told AFP, as soldiers in several barracks staged mutinies to demand more resources for the battle against Islamist insurgents.
A helicopter, with its lights off, was also seen over President Roch Marc Christian Kabore‘s neighbourhood as the gunfire — initially heavy and then more sporadic — was heard.
Heavy gunfire was also heard by residents around the same time in the Sangoule Lamizana and Baba Sy military camps in the capital.
Soldiers mutinied on Sunday in several barracks across the country, including those of Sangoule Lamizan and Baba Sy, to demand the sacking of army chiefs and “adequate resources” to combat Islamist extremists in the country…
