[ 2011-04-19 ]

Rampaging Burkinabe soldiers attack Ghanaian traders
Rampaging soldiers in Burkina Faso are said to be
attacking Ghanaian traders at the Ghana-Burkina
Faso border.

The soldiers allegedly robbed the traders of cash
possessions, Monday evening, Joy News has learnt.

It follows a mutiny by the soldiers in protest
against unpaid housing allowance by the Burkinabe
government.

The government has declared a state of emergency
to manage the state of insecurity in the country,
but the soldiers have turned their anger on other
nationals.

Joy News’ Joseph Osei reported that calm has
returned to places like Dakola and Poh which are
close to the Ghana/Burkina Faso border.

The soldiers, he said, were moving from one
community to the other terrorising the residents.


According to him, so serious were the attacks that
CEPS officials at the Ghana border had to vacate
their post.

He said Ghana’s Ambassador to Burkina Faso fell
victim to the attacks after he had his car seized
by the rampaging soldiers.

The soldiers, he explained, had just returned from
Ivory Coast on a peace keeping mission but have
been denied several amounts of money promised them
by their government.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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