He wanted to change the constitution to seek another term in office, but the people of Burkina Faso -– and its military -- chose otherwise.

FRANCE 24’s Anna Sylvestre-Treiner, Jonathan Walsh and Arnaud Froger look back at a rollercoaster week that toppled one of Africa’s longest-standing rulers and plunged the West African country into an uncertain transition.

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