Coup in Burkina Faso tells a tale of turmoil

Coup in Burkina Faso tells a tale of turmoil

The distinct aspect of the coup in Burkina Faso, where the army has taken over the government and President Roch Kabore, who was elected in 2015, and the constitution was suspended, was that the people have welcomed it. In the last few months, the political drama in Sudan showed that the people were resisting and opposing the military takeover. In Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, people felt that army was the answer to their woes, and they found the democratically elected government. There is the perception that the government failed to control the religious extremist groups, apart from the deteriorating economic situation. The United States, the United Nations, and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) condemned the coup. Reuters quoted Armel Ouedraogo, who was in the crowd celebrating the coup, saying, “ECOWAS doesn’t care about us, and the international community only wants to condemn. This is what we want.” Russian flags were seen fluttering in the crowd, and the people seem to feel that that they would want to take the help of the Russians to fight the religious extremists, and that they want France to leave. It has been the case for more than a century now