Burkina Faso: Pro-military demonstrators welcome coup in Ouagadougou

Follow us on Telegram: Subscribe to our channel! A group of military supporters welcomed the military coup in Burkina Faso with a demonstration that took place at Place de la Revolution, Ouagadougou, on Tuesday. Pro-coup demonstrators chanted the popular slogan ’homeland or death, we will win’ following the military takeover. Participants also thanked the army by holding signs reading ’down with France’ and ’no to ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States)’ during the rally. “We thank the army and all the people of Burkina Faso (the nation), all those who made the effort to save the situation,“ said Moussa Ouedraogo, a pro-coup demonstrator. “We have thousands of displaced people who are suffering everywhere in the villages, camps and who cannot find food. We believe that this coup will save Burkina Faso,“ Ouedraogo continued. Demonstrator Ibrahim Compaore stated that those in favour of the coup hope for the military ’to sign with Russia’ or Mali in