Burkina Faso coup leader defies deadline as troops converge - Washington Post

In this photo taken on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015, Gen. Gilbert Diendere, who was named leader of Burkina Faso on Thursday, speak to media in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. West African mediators late Saturday hinted at a breakthrough in Burkina Faso’s political crisis after a military coup brought a general to power less than a month before scheduled elections. (Theo Renaut/Associated Press)

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The leader of a coup in Burkina Faso on Tuesday refused to heed a deadline for his men to return to barracks even after troops opposing the takeover poured into the capital.

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