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People leave central Ouagadougou and shutter shops after Burkina coup

AFP, 01 Oct 2022
Tension on the streets of Ouagadougou as people leave the city centre and close shops on the orders of armed soldiers. Gunfire was reportedly heard near the United Nations Roundabout. It comes the day after the second coup this year in the deeply poor and restive West African country. Junior officers toppled a junta leader on Friday, saying he had failed to fight jihadist attacks in the country.

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