Burkina Faso coup d’état fears

The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Kaboré, has reportedly been detained by mutinying soldiers demanding the sacking of military chiefs and more resources to fight Islamist militants


Jihadist groups

Ansar al-Din 
Ansaroul Islam
AQIM – Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
al-Mourabitoun 
Katibat Serma 
Katibat Machina
ISGS – Islamic State in Greater Sahara


Timbuktu
MAURITANIA
Nouakchott
Bamako
500km 300 miles 
BURKINA FASO
GULF OF GUINEA
MALI
ALGERIA
NIGER
Niamey
NIGERIA

Ouagadougou: Gunfire heard overnight near presidential palace and at barracks in capital

CHAD
N’Djamena

G5 Sahel countries


Jan 22: Protests in Ouagadougou calling for President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré (inset) to resign following government’s inability to stop armed attacks by militants

Sources: Reuters, The New Humanitarian 
Picture: Getty Images
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