Burkina Faso Junta Claims to Foil Plot to Sow 'Total Chaos,' Blames Ivory Coast
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso – Burkina Faso's military junta announced Monday it had thwarted a "major plot in the making" aimed at destabilizing the country and sowing "total chaos." The junta alleges the plot was orchestrated by individuals based in neighboring Ivory Coast, further straining relations between the two West African nations.
The announcement, delivered by Security Minister Mahamadou Sana on national television, detailed what the government described as a meticulously planned operation intended to culminate in an assault on the presidency on April 16