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Burkina Faso coup leader says remains head of junta

Published: 22 Sep 2015 - 09:20 pm | Last Updated: 03 Nov 2021 - 05:28 pm
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Burkina Faso coup leader General Gilbert

 

OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso's General Gilbert Diendere said on Tuesday he remained the head of a military junta that staged a coup last week and was awaiting the outcome of a summit of West African leaders being held in Nigeria.
"I'm not stalling for time. I'm within the time alotted to me," he told a news conference, reiterating that he was still president of the National Democratic Council, as the junta is known.

Reuters