President dissolves government to quell revolt

Mutinous soldiers took to the streets of the Burkina Faso capital in a second night of protests yesterday even as President Blaise Compaore dissolved his government and named a new army chief.
Seeking to reassert his authority after a mutiny by his personal guard and mass streets protests Thursday and Friday, Compaore announced that "the secretaries-general of the ministries will be in charge of current affairs" until a new cabinet of ministers is appointed on a date he did not specify.