They threw tear gas at protesters accusing them of Islamist attacks

Burkina Faso police have thrown tear gas at people protesting against the state’s failure to stop the rise of Islamist violence.

Some raised barricades and burned tires as it spread through the streets of the capital Ouagadougou.

Authorities disrupted mobile internet services and deployed hundreds of riot police to stop the rally.

There is growing anger against both the government and the French soldiers who are supporting the Burkinabe army.

Hundreds of people joined a group called by the coalition on November 27 on Saturday and demanded the resignation of the president in protest.

“We refuse to lose Burkina Faso. We will put someone in charge of ensuring the security of the nation,” a protester told the Associated Press.

A small child was injured after security forces fired tear gas, the AFP news agency reported.

Pomega and Filinfos local media reported that two of their journalists were also injured by tear gas.

A coalition spokesman on Nov. 27 reported a “huge number of injuries,” including two in a coma. It was not possible to immediately verify the claim independently.

Violence has escalated since early November, in which a number of security agents were killed.

The worst was on Nov. 14, when 53 paramilitary officers and four civilians were killed in an attack on a camp in northern Inata.

After reporting that the officers had run out of food in the wake of the attack, President Roch Kaboré said he would announce “imminent changes” within the military structure, and ordered the military leader to have an “active and effective” presence on the front. line.

The semi-arid region of the Sahel in Africa has been hit by an uprising since 2012 and 2013 when militias took over large parts of northern Mali.

In Burkina Faso, violence has forced more than a million people out of their homes in the past two years.