United States Warns Burkina Faso Coupists

<p><em>United States<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that the United States of America has expressed deep concerns over the events in Burkina Faso&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to a statement made available to OpenLife by APO Group&comma; the US stated that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote; We note that military officers have asserted that they have dissolved the government and national assembly and suspended the constitution in Burkina Faso&period; We are also deeply concerned by reports of the January 23 detention of Burkina Faso’s President&comma; Roch Marc Kaboré&comma; by members of Burkina Faso’s military&period; We condemn these acts and call on those responsible to deescalate the situation&comma; prevent harm to President Kaboré and any other members of his government in detention&comma; and return to civilian-led government and constitutional order&period; We acknowledge the tremendous stress on Burkinabé society and security forces posed by ISIS and JNIM but urge military officers to step back&comma; return to their barracks&comma; and address their concerns through dialogue&period; The United States is closely monitoring this fluid situation&comma; and we call for restraint by all actors as we carefully review the events on the ground for any potential impact on our assistance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa that covers an area of around 274&comma;200 square kilometres and is bordered by Mali to the northwest&comma; Niger to the northeast&comma; Benin to the southeast&comma; Togo and <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;google&period;com&sol;">Ghana<&sol;a> to the south&comma; and the Ivory Coast to the southwest&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;