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Burkina Faso military says it has seized power
The announcement was made on state television by an army officer.
Soldiers from Burkina Faso's army said on Monday they had ousted President Roch Kabore, suspended the constitution, dissolved the government and the national assembly, and closed the borders.
The Dutch military police have confirmed a stowaway found alive in a plane's wheel section in Amsterdam on Sunday is a 22-year-old Kenyan man.
(Photo: Burkina Faso soldiers stand by a damaged vehicle in front of the Guillaume Ouedraogo military camp in Ouagadougou. Credit: Getty Images)
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