Burkina Faso President Dissolves Government as Army Rampages
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Burkina Faso’s president, Blaise Compaore, dismissed his government and replaced top military leaders after demonstrating soldiers fired in the air and looted parts of the capital, Ouagadougou.
General Dominique Djindjere, whose house was attacked March 30 by demonstrating soldiers, was replaced as army chief of staff by Colonel Honore Nabere Traore, according to a statement read on state television late yesterday. The head of Compaore’s presidential guard also lost his job.