[The Nation (Nairobi)] A mutiny in 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 Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and may be in the process of being chased out now...
spread as soldiers went on the rampage today in the northern town of Kaya, even after President Blaise Compaore's government warned they would face the law.
Soldiers and paramilitary police poured into the streets of Kaya late Sunday and shot into the air until around 6am today, residents said.
It was the first time police had taken part in the uprising that began in the central capital Ouagadougou late Thursday. An official said they were demanding their wages and were to be paid today.
Kaya was the fourth town to be affected in the landlocked west African state after Ouagadougou and the small centres of Po and Tenkodogo, in the southwest and southeast.
The mutinous forces in Kaya torched the home of a chief of an army regiment and ransacked that of the regional military chief, residents told AFP by telephone.
Meanwhile,
...back at the precinct house, Sergeant Maloney wasn't buying it. It was just too pat. It smelled phony...
youths staged a violent street protest today in Koudougou in western Burkina Faso, burning down the premises of the ruling party and a home of ex-prime minister Tertius Zongo, witnesses said.
The uprising erupted Thursday as mutineers ran riot in the capital, demanding better pay and housing and food benefits.
To try to control the situation, veteran leader Compaore, who has ruled for more than two decades, dissolved his government and on Friday named a new head of the armed forces. 
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