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...fifth coup since Burkina Faso, formerly called Upper Volta, became independent of France...
...person answering the telex at the presidential palace last night in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, said the city was quiet and Sankara's whereabouts were not known. The person, who would not provide identification, also insisted there were no casualties...
According to a communique read on the Burkina Faso radio, the country's borders were closed, a 9 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew imposed, and Sankara's National Revolutionary Council dissolved. It declared today a holiday so the nation could celebrate the former president's ouster...
Chirac immediately rushed to the scene when he learned of the shooting. Ringed by scores of club-wielding police, the Premier expressed shock at "this bestial assassination." President Mitterrand, who was visiting the West African state of Burkina Faso, said France had "lost a No. 1" in the death of Besse, and he declared that "all our forces must unite against terrorism, without flinching and without compromise...
...French troops to the landlocked African country. Libya and France signed an agreement in 1984 to withdraw each nation's forces. France did so, but Gaddafi promptly embarrassed Mitterrand by reneging. Libya fought a minor border war with Egypt in 1977 and supplied materiel to coup leaders in Burkina Faso in 1983. Gaddafi is suspected of having mined the Red Sea in 1984 (18 ships were damaged), and continues to use Libyan diplomatic pouches to export weapons. Says the State Department's Oakley: "Terrorism is one of the primary instruments of Gaddafi's foreign policy...