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Tuesday 22 Sep 2015 - 12:34 Makkah mean time-9-12-1436
Interim President Kafando (Google image)
Abidjan (IINA) – Burkina Faso's interim President Michel Kafando, who was taken hostage in a coup last week and then held under house arrest, was seeking refuge inside the French ambassador's residence in the capital Ouagadougou late on Monday, the ambassador said.
"I confirm, with the authorization of President Kafando, he is indeed in the French residence," Ambassador Gilles Thibault wrote on his Twitter account.
Meanwhile, Burkina Faso soldiers marched into the capital Ouagadougou without resistance late on Monday as army leaders began surrender talks with the elite presidential guard that staged a coup against the government last week, Reuters reported.
Burkina Faso had been preparing to head to polls on October 11 for a vote aimed at restoring democracy after last year's overthrow of longtime leader Blaise Compaore when the 1,200-member unit took the interim president and several cabinet ministers hostage on Wednesday.
Military convoys from regional centers drove towards the capital Ouagadougou on Monday, cheered along by residents opposed to last week's military coup. Some units entered the city center while others remained on guard at strategic entry points, residents said.
"The Regiment of Presidential Security (RSP) is now negotiating the conditions of its surrender to the head of the army," said a senior military source involved in the operation, referring to talks under way in Ouagadougou's Camp Guillaume Ouedraogo.
A statement signed by several military chiefs earlier said the regular armed forces were seeking the surrender of the presidential guard "without bloodshed".
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