AlHijjah 04, 1436, September 18, 2015, SPA -- The presidents of Senegal and Benin were expected in Burkina Faso on Friday to mediate a crisis triggered by a coup carried out by the presidential guard, the radio station Omega FM reported online, according to dpa. Senegalese President Macky Sall and Beninese President Thomas Yayi Boni, due in Ouagadougou as representatives of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), were expected to ask coup leader Gilbert Diendere to hand power back to civilian authorities in the West African country. On Wednesday, soldiers from the Presidential Security Regiment interrupted a cabinet session to arrest interim President Michel Kafando, Prime Minister Isaac Zida and two other ministers. The coup leaders then announced the dissolution of the transitional government and parliament that had been set up after the ouster of president Blaise Compaore nearly a year ago.
