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Burkina coup-makers accuse France of supporting counterattack
Summary by Ground News
Gunshots rang out Saturday in the capital Ouagadougou amid signs of lingering tensions a day after the officers overthrew the man who seized power in a coup only nine months earlier. France, the former colonial power in Burkina Faso, denied the allegation. The French embassy issued a statement an hour before the televised comments by the military figures.