Ouagadougou is calm, this Sunday, November 28, the day after the dispersal of a prohibited demonstration. Some civil society organizations had called on the populations to denounce the growing insecurity, and to demand the resignation of the President of Burkina Faso. No final assessment is currently available. The Minister of Security and the organizers speak of several injured, without further details.
After the clashes between the police and the demonstrators, Maxime Koné, Minister of Security, said that it was Ouagadougou and Bobo Dioulasso who recorded more tensions, violence and acts of vandalism.
There is not yet a definitive assessment. On the security forces side, the minister announced that there were “light” injuries following the throwing of stones and the use of slingshots by the demonstrators.
The organizers of the march speak, for their part, of several injured including two journalists. They also evoke arrests: “ The demonstrations will be maintained in the streets of Ouagadougou until the release of our activists », Maintains Hervé Ouattara.
The Minister of Security confirms arrests among the demonstrators. ” There were arrests, but some were released “, Underlines Maxime Koné, who warns:” We were able to identify leaders and instigators. The prosecutor of Faso was seized. They have been clearly identified and they will answer for their actions. “
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The non-aligned opposition calls on the government to respect the fundamental rights and freedoms of people.
“ The population is at the height of indignation and at the end of its resilience in the face of a national situation which is only getting worse and a governance which only reveals its limits. “, According to Professor Abdoulaye Soma, president of the Conference of Presidents of the Non-Aligned Opposition.