Hundreds March in Burkina Faso to Show Support for New Junta
A newspaper featuring new apparent leader, Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on Jan. 25.
Photographer: Olympia De Maismont/AFP/Getty Images
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Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (AP) -- Hundreds of people marched through the streets of Burkina Faso's capital Tuesday in a show of support for the new military-led junta that ousted democratically elected President Roch Marc Christian Kabore and seized control of the country.
Days of gunfire and uncertainty in Ouagadougou ended Monday evening when more than a dozen soldiers on state media declared that the country is being run by their new organization, the Patriotic Movement for Safeguarding and Restoration.