It is a very tense situation that reigns in the Burkinabè capital this Saturday, November 27. The security forces dispersed in the morning a banned rally of demonstrators who demanded the resignation of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré they judge ” unable »To stop the spiral of jihadist violence which regularly plagues the country.
With our correspondent in Ouagadougou, Yaya Boudani
At the beginning of the afternoon of this Saturday, the situation was very tense: a few steps from the central town hall, there were demonstrators determined to set it on fire and the police were pushing them back with tear gas.
The demonstrators did not have time to gather at Place de la Nation this morning. All the entrances to the square were in fact occupied by the security forces. We saw small groups forming and elements of the gendarmerie and the police who dispersed these groups with tear gas.
” We came out to support you, so don’t shoot us “, Said a young demonstrator, black T-shirt on which one could read” movement save Burkina Faso “. In response, demonstrators threw stones in the direction of the gendarmerie.
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All the alleys around the Place de la Nation, the headquarters of Fespaco, the municipal stadium, were barricaded and demonstrators fired tear gas everywhere.