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24/01/2022 07:06 GMT : Burkina Faso: Unconfirmed reports President replaced

Burkina Faso: Unconfirmed reports President replaced

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Shots have been heard near the presidential palace and several military barracks.

Shots have been heard near the presidential palace and several military barracks amid a mutiny by soldiers.

There's confusion in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, after a night of heavy clashes around the presidential palace and unconfirmed reports of a coup. 

As tensions rise between Washington and Moscow, US citizens have been told not to go to Russia. American diplomats' families have also been ordered to leave Ukraine.

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