"Government Of Burkina Faso Has Collapsed. Army..." Topic
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| Tango01 | 30 Oct 2014 9:29 p.m. PST |
…Has Seized Power. "The government of Burkina Faso collapsed on Thursday as demonstrators protesting the president's plans to stay in office after 27 years surged through the streets of Ouagadougou, the capital, overrunning state broadcasters, setting fire to the Parliament building and torching the homes of the president's relatives. After several hours of increasingly violent protests, a government spokesman announced that a bill to extend the term of President Blaise Compaoré had been dropped, or at least delayed. But the protests continued, and later in the day, Mr. Compaoré announced that the government had been dissolved and promised more talks with the opposition "to end the crisis," according to a statement read on a local radio station…"
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| goragrad | 30 Oct 2014 10:35 p.m. PST |
Looks like they had good cause… Time for Compaoré to go. |
| MHoxie | 31 Oct 2014 1:57 a.m. PST |
"From now on, the official language of Burkina Faso is Swedish!" |
| Mako11 | 31 Oct 2014 10:18 a.m. PST |
Sounds like one of Murphy's imaginations, bordering Bongolesia. |
| Tango01 | 31 Oct 2014 12:09 p.m. PST |
LOL! (smile) Amicalement
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| doug redshirt | 31 Oct 2014 3:50 p.m. PST |
I love it when the common man has had enough of a corrupt and elitest government and goes out into the street and does something about it. Not that you always get a better government. But fighting for the common decency and what is right, is always better then bowing down to the man. Better to die free then live under the yoke. |
| tuscaloosa | 31 Oct 2014 7:47 p.m. PST |
Completely agree with dr. True bravery is the average man/woman willing to go out into the street and show where they stand. Surprises me how much of that has been going on the past few years, and still going on right now (Hong Kong comes to mind as the biggest current example). I vote so that I don't *have* to go out into the street. But I will if I have to. |
 Legion 4   | 01 Nov 2014 8:27 a.m. PST |
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goes beyond the straight line.