As unrests and protests grow while constitutional order and elected leadership are sacked in the country of Burkina Faso, the condemnation and calls for sanctions against the latest military coup have come in from the regional West African political and economic bloc ECOWAS, the United States, France, the United Nations and the G5 group of Sahel countries.
Special to USAfricaonline.com, first African-owned, U.S-based newspaper published on the Internet.
ECOWAS has said it “condemns this extremely grave act.” It threatened that it “holds the military responsible for the physical wellbeing” of the president. The regional group stated that Burkina Faso’s ousted President Roch Kabore was forced to resign “under threat, intimidation and pressure from the military.”
It added that that “ECOWAS is following with great concern the evolution of the political and security situation in Burkina Faso, characterised since Sunday 23 January by an attempted coup d’etat.”
The rapid movement of events seems at odds with ECOWAS’ characterization of Burkina Faso as facing “an attempted coup d’etat.” The soldiers are operating under the banner of Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (MPSR).
USAfricaonline.com notes that there are also demonstrations in support of the military intervention caused, in part, by the inadequate response by the government to checkmate the bloody and deadly attacks on villages and civilians by Islamic jihadists from within and outside Burkina Faso. The jihadists are reported to have killed at least 2500 people in the country since 2015.
