During the night of Thursday to Friday, sounds of gunfire were heard throughout the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou including near the presidential palace.
The main streets of the city were cordoned off, while the signal of the national radio and television station (RTB) temporarily taken off air.
These signs are reminiscent of the mutiny that took place last January and which led to the coup by the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (MPSR) against Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who led this group of soldiers at the time, justified the coup by the need to improve the security situation in the face of the jihadist groups’ growing power.
However, after nine months of transition, the head of state of Burkina Faso does not seem to be able to put an end to the jihadist insurgency, which continues unabated.
In recent weeks, several incidents linked to the activity of Islamist insurgents affiliated with Al Qaeda or the Islamic State have been recorded in the Sahel region in the north of the country, the main jihadist hotbed in the country.
The two most recent deadly attacks targeting supply convoys under military escort in Djibo, more than 200 kilometers north of Ouagadougou, illustrate the deteriorating security situation in this country of the Sahel region.
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