The soldiers who expressed their anger on Sunday in several barracks in Burkina Faso, are calling for the "
replacement
" of army chiefs and "
adapted means
" in the fight against the jihadist groups which strike their country, according to a sound recording.
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"
We want means adapted to the
" anti-jihadist " struggle
and substantial staff
", as well as the "
replacement
" of the highest ranking officers of the national army, indicates in this recording and on condition of anonymity, a soldier from the Sangoulé Lamizana barracks in Ouagadougou, one of those where shots were fired for several hours on Sunday.
This soldier also called for "
staff training adapted to the threat
" and the creation of "
permanent formed units
" of the army to be "
sent to the front
", as well as "
the revaluation
" of bonuses.
He also wished "
better care for the wounded
" during the attacks and fighting with the jihadists, as well as "
families of the deceased
".
At no time did this soldier demand the departure of Burkinabe President Roch Christian Kaboré, accused by a large part of the population of being "
incapable
" of countering jihadist groups.
Shots were fired on Sunday in several barracks in Burkina Faso, including three located in the capital Ouagadougou, shots recognized by the government which denied "
a takeover by the army
" and affirmed that the institutions were not not threatened "
for the moment
".
These movements in Burkinabe barracks come the day after new demonstrations of anger from residents exasperated by the powerlessness of the authorities to deal with the jihadist violence that is ravaging Burkina Faso, repressed by the police.
Burkina Faso has been caught since 2015 in a spiral of violence attributed to armed jihadist groups, affiliated with Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group.
Attacks targeting civilians and soldiers are increasingly frequent and mostly concentrated in the north and east of the country.