Presidential guard detains cabinet

Ben Bassey 11:21 - 17 September 2015

Burkina Faso presidential guard detains cabinet- military sources

"It is the whole of the government, including the prime minister and the president, taken by a group of soldiers from the presidential guard," said one senior military source.

Burkina Faso's powerful presidential guard interrupted a cabinet meeting on Wednesday and detained the ministers, the prime minister and interim President Michel Kafondo, two senior military sources said.

"It is the whole of the government, including the prime minister and the president, taken by a group of soldiers from the presidential guard," said one senior military source. "They have not asked for anything for the time being."