Editing History of Burkina Faso (section)

=== September 2015 failed coup d'état ===
{{main|2015 Burkinabe coup d'état}}On 16 September 2015, two days after a recommendation from the National Reconciliation and Reforms Commission to disband the [[Regiment of Presidential Security]] (RSP), members of the RSP [[2015 Burkinabe coup d'état|detained President Kafando and Prime Minister Zida]], and installed the [[National Council for Democracy]] in power with [[Gilbert Diendéré]] as its chairman.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ouedraogo |first=Brahima |date=16 September 2015 |title=Military detains Burkina Faso's president, prime minister weeks ahead of landmark vote |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2015/09/16/military-detains-burkina-faso-leaders-weeks-before-vote |newspaper=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=16 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Coulibaly |first1=Nadoun |last2=Flynn |first2=Daniel |date=16 September 2015 |title=Burkina Faso presidential guard detains cabinet - military sources |url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-burkina-army-idUKKCN0RG28S20150916 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305082607/http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-burkina-army-idUKKCN0RG28S20150916 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |newspaper=[[Reuters]] |access-date=16 September 2015 }}</ref>

The military chief of staff (the ''chef d'état-major des armées du Burkina Faso''), Brigadier General [[Pingrenoma Zagré]], called on members of the RSP to lay down their arms, promising in a statement that they would not be harmed if they surrendered peacefully.<ref>Mathieu Bonkoungou and Nadoun Coulibaly, [https://news.yahoo.com/burkina-faso-army-enters-capital-disarm-coup-leaders-010757478.html "Burkina Faso army enters capital to disarm coup leaders"], Reuters, 21 September 2015.</ref>

Kafando was believed to remain under house arrest until 21 September, when he was reported to have arrived at the residence of the French ambassador.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34321961 "Burkina Faso army reaches capital to quell coup"], BBC News, 22 September 2015.</ref> The regular army issued an ultimatum to the RSP to surrender by the morning of 22 September.<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/burkina-faso-army-enters-capital-disarm-coup-leaders-010757478.html "Loyalist troops tell Burkina coup leaders: surrender or face attack"], Reuters, 22 September 2015.</ref>

Kafando was reinstalled as president at a ceremony on 23 September in the presence of [[ECOWAS]] leaders.<ref>Patrick Fort and Romaric Ollo Hien, [https://news.yahoo.com/burkinas-interim-leader-says-resuming-power-coup-101202420.html "Burkina president resumes power after week-long coup"], Agence France-Presse, 23 September 2015.</ref>

On 25 September the RSP was disbanded by government decree. On 26 September the assets of Diendéré and others associated with the coup, as well as the assets of four political parties, including the CDP, were frozen by the state prosecutor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/world/africa/coup-faction-in-burkina-faso-fails-to-disarm-officials-say.html|title=Burkina Faso Coup Plotters Refuse to Give Up Arms, Imperiling Deal|work=The New York Times |date=September 28, 2015 |access-date=2018-08-05|language=en |last1=Taoko |first1=Hervé }}</ref> Djibril Bassolé and Eddie Komboïgo, who were barred from standing as presidential candidates, both had their assets frozen. Bassolé was arrested on 29 September for allegedly supporting the coup.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/burkina-faso-army-takes-position-near-presidential-guard-120626967--spt.html|title=Burkina army enters presidential guard camp, coup leader gone|access-date=2018-08-05|language=en-US}}</ref>