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A man rides his motorcycle through burning barricades in the central avenues in Ouagadougou where group of young demonstrators supporting the role of the army protested against President Marc Christian Kabore on January 23, 2022. – Soldiers mutinied on Sunday in several barracks in Burkina Faso to demand the departure of army chiefs and “more suitable means” to fight against the jihadists who have struck this country since 2015. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT/AFP via Getty Images)

Burkina Faso: A complex situation finds a complicated solution

Soldiers intervened to save the country from failing civilian leadership but no one knows what is meant to happen next

Moussa Sambo Diallo, The Continent