General Honore Traore, the head of Burkina Faso's armed forces, took power on Friday after Compaore resigned amid mass demonstrations against an attempt to extend his 27-year rule in the West African country.
Hotuna da Dumi-Duminsu daga Burkina Faso, 2 ga Nuwamba, 2014
![Isaac Zida Shugaban Burkina Faso yace Zasu mika mulki ga kwamitin rikon kwarya, Burkina Faso, Nuwamba 03, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ad85b461-1051-4219-b3ad-d98d4772faa0_cx0_cy7_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Isaac Zida Shugaban Burkina Faso yace Zasu mika mulki ga kwamitin rikon kwarya, Burkina Faso, Nuwamba 03, 2014.
![Pro-democracy protesters chant slogans against military rule at Place de la Nation in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, Nov. 2, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/b019c42c-de5d-43e2-87bf-53ec83e58f2e_cx0_cy10_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Pro-democracy protesters chant slogans against military rule at Place de la Nation in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, Nov. 2, 2014.
![Isaac Zida Shugaban Burkina Faso yace Zasu mika mulki ga kwamitin rikon kwarya, Burkina Faso, Nuwamba 03, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/bd23e4e1-b9c0-4fcc-9d25-6916d6b67d74_cx0_cy3_cw83_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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Isaac Zida Shugaban Burkina Faso yace Zasu mika mulki ga kwamitin rikon kwarya, Burkina Faso, Nuwamba 03, 2014.
![A protester carries a sign reading "Zida is Judas Iscariot," referring to coup leader Lt. Col. Yacouba Isaac Zida, in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, Nov. 2, 2014.](https://gdb.voanews.com/5b855c89-ba33-4e9e-a1c8-6e44f47cca38_cx0_cy4_cw0_w1024_q10_r1_s.jpg)
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A protester carries a sign reading "Zida is Judas Iscariot," referring to coup leader Lt. Col. Yacouba Isaac Zida, in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, Nov. 2, 2014.