a nutshell after shopping
on Destiny unknown (Burkina Faso), 16/Apr/2011 12:00, 34 days ago
In a nutshell, the events of last days:on thursday evening, the presidential guard started an uproar, firing at the presidency, the president leaving the capital for a short while (well, leaving is a mild term) - the uproar would have been started because of allowances not being paid out in time.the uproar expanded to other military barracks, heavy looting reported in the centre of the city. Some houses of big military chiefs (as well as some mayors) have been burned down.friday, the mutiny continued - less heavy then before, while mutineers harassed people, stole cars from citizens (mostly jeeps). In the evening the president sent the government back home, sacked the current commanders in chief of the army, and appointed new ones. He also paid out the presidential guard. during the night, the presidential guard and police have started to patrol in the city to establish some peace and quiet.saturday, all shops and fuel stations remain closed. There's no more mutiny on the streets. I still could get hold of some fish, brochettes and potatoes for a bbq tonight. There are remains of burned down and trashed vehicles.shopkeepers from the central market seem to have set fire to the office of the CDP (the ruling party) in the centre of the city - they are clearly fed up with the situation.Still, we're ok here. No worries - Belgium has one more thing in common with Burkina Faso now: no government.Next update is really going to be bout work!The supermarket where we used to do some of our shopping.Looted during the night and set to fire afterwards.