This morning, we received the news that now it was OK to leave the hotel and use the car again. So, I went to two new villages to ask them if they were willing to help me and it felt amazing to be working again. In the car, we listened to the radio. I couldn’t always follow, but the latest news seemed to be that the commander in chief who had declared himself interim president last night, had been removed already early this morning and instead a younger colonel called Zita claimed to have the power. And later in the afternoon, the military declared that they supported Zita. The opposition seems to be warily fine with it too. So now, things seem to be calming down. Hopefully, they will stay this way, and elections will be held in 90 days, and then this country might actually be starting on it’s journey toward democracy.
Another thing that they said on the radio, was that the house of the president’s brother had been looted, and a big stash of artifacts of black magic had been found there. They said that maybe that was how the president had been able to stay in power for 27 years, and his family be so powerful in the country. Interesting theory, for sure.
And finally, the developments here made headline news on the starting page of the biggest newspaper in Sweden:
I’ve witnessed a kind of revolution first hand. I don’t think I’ve really understood the importance of these chain of events for Burkina Faso yet. I was just so happy to be allowed to go out working again today.
Katja Malmborg 
Good news…