Burkina Faso riots: State of emergency declared

Name: Burkina Faso riots: State of emergency declared
Uploaded: 2014-10-30T17:46:57.000Z
Duration: 1 min 54 s
Description: Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore declared a state of emergency on Thursday as protesters, angry at plans to extend his 27-year-rule, set fire to parliament.

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Protesters angry at plans to allow Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore to extend his 27-year-rule have set fire to parliament.

Mr Compaore declared a state of emergency on Thursday and pledged to open talks with the opposition in a bid to defuse protests it was reported locally.

Lebo Diseko reports.

Africa

30 October 2014