Burkina Faso Declares State Of Emergency -- Al Jazeera
President scraps plans for vote to extend term in office as tens of thousands take to streets and parliament set ablaze.
Burkina Faso's president has declared a state of emergency and dissolved the government according to local media reports, after tens of thousands of people took the streets, setting parliament ablaze and leaving at least one person dead.
Some of the protesters, who are opposed to constitutional amendments that would allow President Blaise Compaore to stay in power for another term, ransacked state television and tried to storm other state buildings on Thursday.
"A state of emergency is declared across the national territory. The chief of the armed forces is in charge of implementing this decision which enters into effect today," said a statement read by a presenter on Radio Omega FM.
The president also said he would open talks with the opposition.
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