Worldwide criticism faces Burkina Faso junta, but wins local support

Supporters of Burkina Faso’s new junta rallied on January 25 as the UN, France and the poor Sahel country’s neighbours condemned its latest coup. Army officers in the notoriously volatile West African state detained President Roch Marc Christian Kabore on January 24 amid deepening anger over his handling of a jihadist insurgency.

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