At the shooting site near the presidential residence in Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoMOSCOW, Jan 24 Military Rebels in Burkina Faso have announced they are taking over the country amid a coup in the country. Formerly an employee of the state television channel. Burkina Faso told RIA Novosti that dozens of rebel soldiers lined up in front of the TV channel to make a statement. which was broadcast on Twitter. Earlier, the pan-African portal LSI Africa reported that the president's family had left Burkina Faso. Military rebels, according to media reports, demanded the resignation of the president. The leader himself was allegedly under the protection of the gendarmerie forces. According to media reports, alleged military rebels in Burkina Faso have released General Gilbert Diendere, who was convicted by the authorities in 2015 of attempting a coup, from prison. Media: the family of the President of Burkina Faso left the country
