OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Calls for President Blaise Compaore's resignation intensified Friday, as tens of thousands took to the streets of Burkina Faso a day after martial law was imposed.
Protesters on Thursday stormed the Parliament in Ouagadougou, where a proposed constitutional amendment to extend the presidential term limit was to be debated. Protesters set the Parliament on fire along with city hall and the headquarters of the ruling political party. The proposed amendment would allow the president, who seized power in 1987 and has since won four disputed elections over a 27-year rule, to run for president again.