Gunfire in Burkina Faso capital
BY MOHAMMED TIJJANI KANEMPRESS
1ST AUGUST 2023
There has been gunfire in Burkina Faso, in the early hours of the morning from an air base in the centre of the city.
According to reports in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, the situation has been brought under control.
No further details were given.
The gunfire happened 10 months after a coup, the second in less than a year in Burkina Faso, battling an Islamist insurgency since 2015.
