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Sunday, November 2, 2014
Burkina Faso People Protest Military Rule.
Three days since Burkina Faso's military coup,troops have seized control of a main square in the capital Ouagadougou and dispensed thousands of protesters. The country's new military leader, LT. Col. Isaac Yacouba Zida, who was appointed transitional leader on Saturday, came under power to a civilian government as people gathered in the capital to protest. Stanislas Benewinde Sankara, leader of one of the opposition party called for the dissolution of the interim Zida government on Sunday. ''The army cannot lead us-they have disqualified themselves...these is the result of a popular insurrection'' The African union along with the United States has voiced concern over the military coup. African union Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma called for a ''civilian-led transition that would culminate,as soon as possible,in the holding of free,free and transparent elections.''
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