Burkina Faso’s president, Blaise Compaore dismissed the country’s cabinet and the army chief on April 15, 2011. This followed when disgruntled soldiers went on a rampage in Ouagadougou and fired their weapons, apparently in a mutiny. The head of the country’s security regiment was also fired by the President.
Members of the presidential security regiment stationed near President’s palace and fired into the air in protest late on April 14, 2011 to protest against the fact that promised benefits had not been paid to them. They demanded housing and food subsidies.
Burkina Faso has been under the tight rule of Mr. Compaore since he took power in a 1987 coup and has so far never involved in any conflicts and upheavals seen in many of its neighbors.
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