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Burkina Faso: Mutinous Soldiers Ransack Mayor and Minister's Home

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Burkina Faso, Breaking News, Governance, Politics, War & Conflict

Grioo reports that the homes of the Chief of the army, the minister of interior and the mayor of Ouagadougou were pillaged by soldiers [1](fr) outraged at the condemnation of one of their own after the death of student Justin Zongo. The opposition is asking for Campaore to resign [2] (fr) and Air France has cancelled all flights to Burkina Faso [3](fr) next week.