Burkina Faso: hundreds in the streets in favor of military coup leaders

(ANSA) - OUAGADOUGOU, JAN 25 - Hundreds of people in Burkina Faso today took to the streets of the capital Ouagadougou to show their support for the military, who yesterday deposed and arrested President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, whose release the UN asked for " immediate".

    "We had asked for the resignation of President Kaboré on several occasions, who did not listen to this appeal.

   The army listened and understood us, "said Lassane Ouedraogo, a 43-year-old protester and civil society activist." For us it is not a coup.

It is a liberation of our country led by incompetents ", added Julienne Traoré, a 30-year-old teacher. Some demonstrators waved flags from Mali and Russia asking for cooperation with Moscow, similarly to what was done by the military junta in Bamako.

    Apart from this demonstration, in Ouagadougou life seemed to return to normal: the large market, shops or petrol stations are open, without a noticeable military presence, as noted by a correspondent for AFP. (ANSA).