Burkina Faso citizens are keenly watching the unfolding of the marathon trial of 84 people accused of involvement in the September 15, 2015 military attempt to unseat the transitional government put in place following the resignation of President Blaise Compaoré after mass street protests.
He was forced out of power on October 31, 2014 after a 27-year reign. The trial, which is expected to last months, opened on February 27, 2018 before a military tribunal sitting in Ouaga 2000, a posh neighbourhood of the Burkinabe capital, Ouagadougou. Amongst the accused are two former army generals - Gilbert Diendéré, ex-commander of the elite Presidential Security Regiment and Djibrill Bassolé, President Compaoré's Foreign Minister.
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