11:50 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nSoldiers in Burkina Faso have taken part in further protests, firing into the air during the night to press their demands for the payment of allowances.<\/p>\n
Residents of the north-eastern town of Dori said at least three people were injured by stray bullets.<\/p>\n
Shooting was also reported in the towns of Kaya, Tenkodogo and Koupela.<\/p>\n
President Blaise Campaore, who has been in power for 24 years, has faced a series of disturbances since February, including an army mutiny last month.<\/p>\n
Mr Campaore has responded by dissolving the government and removing his security chiefs. He has also granted troops a range of benefits.<\/p>\n
Military officials have so far not commented on the overnight protests, but a government spokesman said they concerned bonuses.<\/p>\n
“According to the explanation I’ve been given, these are troops of the class that passed out in 2006 who consider that they are entitled to a bonus,” Alain Edouard Traore told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
“But the [military] hierarchy has told them that they don’t have any right.”<\/p>\n
Burkina Faso – formerly called Upper Volta – has spent many of its post-independence years under military rule.<\/p>\n
One of Africa’s poorest countries, it has significant reserves of gold, but cotton production is its economic mainstay.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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