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The funeral for the Burkina Faso military officers killed in an attack on a supply convoy headed for the northern town to Djibo on September 26 is held in the coutnry's capital, Ougadougou. The ambush, claimed by Al-Qaeda, with an official death toll of 37 people, 27 of them soldiers, has become emblematic of the state's inability to secure remote countryside areas and protect local people, 10 years into a bloody jihadist insurgency in the Sahel region. IMAGES
Police fire tear gas to break up a rally by around 100 people who gathered at a square in central Ouagadougou to show support for a revolt by soldiers, after gunfire broke out at several army barracks in Burkina Faso. IMAGES
The new self-proclaimed leader of the military junta ruling Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, parades in the streets of Ouagadougou and hails the cheering crowd. IMAGES
Protesters and the military, who claim to have taken power in Burkina Faso, head for the national television station in the capital Ouagadougou. In the same area of the city, demonstrators gather in front of the French embassy, setting fire to barriers and throwing stones inside the building while some wave Russian flags. IMAGES
In the streets of Ouagadougou, the army in blocking key streets, carrying arms as well as other military weaponry. This comes after gunfire was heard in the capital overnight. IMAGES
Soldiers block the street behind the Prime Minister's office in downtown Ouagadougou as gunfire was heard in the Burkinabe capital last night. National television is no longer broadcasting. IMAGES
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