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Burkina Faso's self-declared leader says the man he ousted a day ago in a coup is plotting a counter-attack. Col Ibrahim Traoré also accused the French army of harbouring Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba at one of its bases - but France denies any involvement.
Gunshots were heard in Burkina Faso's capital city Ouagadougou on Saturday with helicopters circling overhead.
Protesters started a fire outside the French embassy - an attack condemned "with the greatest firmness" by Paris.
In the country's second city, Bobo-Dioulasso, the gate of the French Institute was also reportedly set ablaze by protesters.
Burkina Faso self-declared leader col Ibrahim Traoré wary of counter attack
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