Emeute à Pô – 17 avril 2011
Soldiers mutiny in Burkina Faso
aljazeera.net
17 Apr 2011 Mutinous troops loot shops in southern town a day after a curfew was imposed on the capital after protests and riots.
Mutinous soldiers have rampaged through a southern town in Bukina Faso as the revolt against Blaise Compaore, the West African nation’s ruler, enters its fourth day.
Soldiers at a military garrison in Po, near the Ghana border, fired in the air, looting and seizing private vehicles, residents told the AFP news agency.
Two people were injured in the firing, a hospital source said.
Po, about 140km south of Ouagadougou, the capital, houses a training school for Burkinabe military officers.
The government said the soldiers were protesting over payment of housing and daily food allowances.
« These were young soldiers and there were at least 300 of them, » another resident of the town told the Reuters news agency.
« They are moving through town and they continue to fire in the air. They are taking people’s motorbikes and cars and breaking up shops, » he said.
Burkina Faso’s government warned on Sunday that it would take action against anyone using illegal arms with « the full force of the law ». Read more…
Au Burkina, Compaoré sous pression de la rue
liberation.fr
Émeutes . Le Président fait face à une série de mutineries, qui ont gagné ce week-end la ville de Pô, dans le sud.
SERVICE ETRANGER AVEC AFP
Le président burkinabé, Blaise Compaoré, a tenté hier d’éteindre le feu d’une contestation grandissante, qui, depuis février, a fait au moins 6 morts et 45 blessés. Confronté à une nouvelle mutinerie de soldats et à des émeutes menées par des commerçants, le chef de l’Etat a
Soldiers’ unrest spreads to S. Burkina Faso
The Associated Press
04/17/2011
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—The mayor of a town in southern Burkina Faso says soldiers are shooting in the air and causing unrest.
Henry Koubizara says soldiers in the town of Po were shooting into the air Sunday following two days of unrest caused by soldiers in the capital, Ouagadougou. He says he does not know what the soldiers in Po want.
Soldiers in Ouagadougou began shooting at the presidential compound late Thursday and sparked two nights of looting. The government said they were protesting over payment of housing and daily subsistence allowances. Read more…
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