Burkina Faso's military government said it had foiled "several attempts to destabilise the country" led by a former high-ranking army official who previously seized power in the West African nation.

Burkina Faso has thwarted a major plot aimed at destabilising its security, the country’s Security Minister, Mahamadou Sana, has claimed. Speaking on state television, he said that a number of individuals residing in Ivory Coast have been implicated in these destabilisation efforts,