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Burkina Faso President Kabore detained at military camp

Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore. [Reuters, Zohra Bensemra]

Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore has been detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers, two security sources and a West African diplomat said on Monday, following heavy gunfire around his residence on Sunday night in the capital Ouagadougou.

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