A Miraculous Peaceful Turn of Events
The story is far from over but it looks like the coup has run its course. It’s still a bit premature to say it’s over, however coup leader General Gilbert Diendere made an announcement on state television this evening apologizing to the nation and saying he would hand...
Army heads to Ouagadougou to peacefully resist coup
Amid throngs of cheering Burkinabe and the honking of horns of hundreds of motos, the army filled their tanks and armored vehicles with gas, loaded up on sachets of water and hit the road for Ouagadougou. Word is they have not...
Emergency Message to US Citizens from US Embassy
We just received this email message from the US Embassy. RSP has taken out the internet and communications backbone of the nation in an attempt to thwart the kind of social networking and mobilization that proved so effective during the Arab Spring and the October 30...
Ironic Peace Day Maneuvers
It’s Peace Day, the International Day of Peace, yet Burkina Faso is far from peaceful at this moment. Last night word spread of a draft proposal that would free the hostages (Interim President Michel Kafando, Prime Minister Zida--who was the 2nd in command of the RSP...
BARKA website devotes itself to covering events re: coup in Burkina Faso
Ina and I are safe and sound in Burkina Faso however have been advised not to disclose our current location publicly. The situation is tense and as the US Embassy states, ‘dynamic’, meaning it could change quickly at any moment. Given the current political crisis and...
Update
Dear Friends, we are writing from Fada N'Gourma, #burkinafaso where the military has taken over the country through a coup that has not been entirely bloodless. On Wednesday evening, shortly after the Interim President and his entire cabinet were taken hostage,...