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Gunfire heard near Burkina Faso presidency: witnesses
Gunfire heard near Burkina Faso presidency: witnesses
by  AFP

Shots rang out before dawn on Friday around Burkina Faso's presidential palace and headquarters of the military junta, which itself seized power in a coup last January, witnesses told AFP. Troops blocked several main roads in the capital Ouagadougou, AFP journalists said, and state television was cut, broadcasting a blank screen for several hours saying: "no video signal".

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