Gunfire heard near home of Burkina Faso’s president amid coup speculation

Mutinous soldier stand on a bridge at the Bobo interchange near the Lamizana camp in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou (Sophie Garcia/AP)

Gunfire rang out near the home of Burkina Faso’s embattled President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, raising the spectre that a military coup might still be under way after mutinous soldiers seized a military base earlier in the day.

Government officials had sought to reassure people that the situation was under control even as shots rang out for hours at the army base.