OUAGADOUGOU - Burkina's President Blaise Compaore said in a televised speech Thursday that he was not resigning and was open to talks about a transition of power, after the army dissolved the government and parliament following violent protests against the veteran leader.
Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore at the Presidential Palace in Ouagadougou on July 26, 2014
"I have heard the message," Compaore said, adding that he was "available" for talks on "a period of transition after which power will be transferred to a democratically elected president".
He added that he was cancelling a state of emergency declared hours earlier.