Burkina Faso’s presidential guard declared a coup on Thursday after arresting the interim president and key government figures.

Isaac Zida says he has taken power after a week of violent protest against President Blaise Compaore’s 27-year rule .

A wave of popular anger spread in Burkina Faso on Thursday as police followed the army in staging a mutiny.

A mutiny in Burkina Faso spread on Monday as police joined soldiers on a rampage in a northern town, and students staged violent protests in the west.

Burkina Faso voted on Sunday in a presidential poll, which appeared to generate little enthusiasm and was expected to keep Blaise Compaore in power.

Tongs in one hand, soldering iron in the other, Moumouni Tiemtore draws sparks from the carcass of a cellphone. "It’s a circuit fault," he says.