Throughout the morning, protesters in support of the ousted interim president, Michel Kafando, and prime minister, Isaac Zida, tried to converge in various neighborhoods, yelling, Free the hostages!
On Thursday morning, however, a military spokesman, Mamadou Bamba, appeared on television which had been running reruns of old shows to make a statement on behalf of what he called the National Council for Democracy.
The office of President Francois Hollande of France said he strongly condemns the coup detat that has taken place and calls for the immediate liberation of all those arrested, for the interim authorities to be put back in place and for the continuation of the electoral process, Reuters reported.
Officials in the capital said that R.S.P. guards had locked Mr. Kafando, Mr. Zida and two ministers Augustin Loada, the work and pensions minister, and Rene Bagoro, the housing and urban affairs minister in a room at the presidential palace.
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