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BREAKING: Burkina Faso Troops Announce Takeover, Dissolve Parliament

They declared that the country's government and parliament had been dissolved henceforth.

Soldiers in Burkina Faso have announced on state television on Monday that they had seized power in the West African nation.

They declared that the country's government and parliament had been dissolved henceforth.

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They also said they had closed the country’s borders and promised a “return to constitutional order” within a “reasonable time”.