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Fact Check: What is Happening In Burkina Faso?
On Sunday, January 23, 2021, heavy gunfire was heard near President Roch Marc Christian Kabore’s residence in Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou. Hours later, reports confirmed that mutinying soldiers had successfully detained the president at a military camp in the nation’s capital. State news shared that soldiers first took control of the Lamizana Sangoule military barracks…