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Is Burkina Faso in the midst of a military coup?
After gunfire is heard in the capital, President Roch Kaboré's whereabouts are unclear.
The governing party in Burkina Faso says that what began as an army mutiny is rapidly evolving into a coup. In a statement, the People's Movement for Progress said President Roch Kaboré and a government minister had survived assassination attempts.
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(Photo: President Kaboré. Credit: Reuters)
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