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The presidents of Senegal, Togo, Benin and Nigeria were to travel to Burkina Faso's capital city late Tuesday to help resolve the political stalemate following a military coup last week, a security source told Xinhua.
Burkina Faso soldiers who declared a coup on Thursday after arresting the interim president and his cabinet on Wednesday, have promised to hold "wide-ranging talks" to form a government that will organize "inclusive and peaceful elections."
Okaijia, a Chinese two and three-wheel motorcycles trading enterprise, has held a one-day event here in the Burkina Faso capital, presenting its products to local consumers.
Lieutenant-colonel Isaac Yacouba Zida, the incumbent leader of the transition government in Burkina Faso said on Monday he is willing to handover power for a civilian transitional period in the West African country.
Burkina Faso's army fired warning shots and dispersed thousands of protesters from state TV offices in the capital on Sunday as an opposition leader attempted to declare herself the new interim president of the West African country.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday called for joint efforts to fight climate change in Africa's Sahel region during his meeting with Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore.