In Burkina Faso: Interim government dissolved

"We have put in place a national democracy council tasked with organising democratic and inclusive elections," said the unidentified official in military uniform.

Burkina Faso's interim president, Michel Kafando, has been stripped of his functions and the government dissolved, a military official said on state-run RTB Television on Thursday.

"We have put in place a national democracy council tasked with organising democratic and inclusive elections," said the unidentified official in military uniform.