Burkina Faso: Moment military announces takeover on live TV

Name: Burkina Faso: Moment military announces takeover on live TV
Uploaded: 2022-01-24T18:54:09.000Z
Duration: 34 s
Description: An army officer says the military have seized power and overthrown President Roch Kaboré.

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Watch the moment the military in Burkina Faso announced live on state television it had seized control.

Speaking in French, troops said they had overthrown President Roch Kaboré with the aim of enabling the west African country to "fight for its territorial integrity, its recovery and its sovereignty".

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Africa

24 January 2022