Soldiers say military junta now controls Burkina Faso - Associated Press

11:24am PST - January 24th, 2022    general - Associated Press

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — More than a dozen mutinous soldiers declared Monday on state television that a military junta had seized control of Burkina Faso after detaining the democratically elected president following a day of gunbattles in the capital.