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| In Burkina Faso, President Declares State of Emergency After Protests |
| 2014-10-31 |
| [NY Times] President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaore, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... declared a state of emergency and dissolved the government on Thursday, but also offered negotiations with his adversaries after a day of fiery ...a single two-syllable word carrying connotations of both incoherence and viciousness. A fiery delivery implies an audience of rubes and yokels, preferably forming up into a mob... protests against plans to add a further term to his 27 years in office. The venting of rage was depicted by some analysts as the most serious challenge to his grip on power since he deposed his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, in a coup in 1987. Throughout Thursday, demonstrators rampaged through the dusty streets of Ouagadougou, the capital, overrunning state broadcasters, setting fire to the Parliament building and torching the homes of the president's aides and relatives. |
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