Protests scheduled for Saturday banned for security reasons; The last protests in November were violent.
Authorities in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, have banned anti-government protests organized on Saturday, two months after another rally.
The protest, called Sauvons le Burkina (Save Burkina), was banned for “security reasons”, Christian Charles Rouamba, secretary of municipalities, said in a letter Thursday.
The same group had it performed other prohibited protests at the end of November 2021 against the failure of the government of President Roch Marc Christian Kabore to stop the ISIL (ISIS) and al-Qaeda-linked militant attacks. Hundreds of protesters defied the ban on the streets of Ouagadougou on November 27 and at least 12 people were injured in clashes with security forces.
A special demonstration resumed on Saturday in support of neighboring Mali, whose military regime was controlled by the regional bloc of the Economic Community of African States, was also banned.
Two senior members of the Coalition of African Patriots-Burkina Faso, who convened the rally, were arrested on Thursday, the group said.
The Burkina Faso government fell continuous stress Failure to stop the bloodshed of the six-year-old bloody war that killed nearly 2,000 people, forced 1.4 million people out of their homes and brought major humanitarian crises.
Security tensions have led to street protests demanding Kabore’s resignation.
Following numerous protests, Kabore last month replaced the entire government with named Lassina Zerbo as the country’s prime minister, the recent turmoil in the leadership crisis has involved military officials and lawmakers.
In early January, Burkinabe authorities arrested eight soldiers, including a military major, for their misconduct. considered a plot “Disrupting” secular institutions.
