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The UN Security Council strongly condemned the detention of Burkina Faso’s interim president and prime minister by the presidential guard Wednesday, September 16, and demanded they be released. Presidential guard members linked to ex-leader Blaise Compaore burst into a cabinet meeting and seized President Michel Kafando, Prime Minister Isaac Zida and two ministers. The council “condemned in the strongest terms” the forceful detention and “demanded that they be released safely and immediately.” Council members expressed their strong support for the interim president, the prime minister and the transitional government. The interim administration has been charged with running the poverty-stricken Sahel nation until presidential and legislative elections are held, the first round of which is to take place on October 11.
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