Government and parliament dissolved after tens of thousands take to streets and parliament set ablaze, army chief says.
The Al-Jazeera - 30 Oct 2014
Burkina Faso's president has declared a state of emergency, after
tens of thousands of people took the streets, setting parliament ablaze
in violence that left at least one person dead.
Army General Honore Traore, the joint chief of staff, also said that
the government and parliament had been dissolved on Thursday.
Some of the protesters, who are opposed to constitutional amendments
that would allow President Blaise Compaore to stay in power for another
term, ransacked state television and tried to storm other state
buildings.
"A state of emergency is declared across the
national territory. The chief of the armed forces is in charge of
implementing this decision which enters into effect today," said a
statement from the president read by a presenter on Radio Omega FM.
The president also said he would open talks with the opposition.
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