BBC: Burkina Faso military bases hit by heavy gunfire
Heavy gunfire has been heard at several barracks in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou, and at a nearby air base.
The government has denied reports of a coup or that President Roch Kaboré has been detained.
The defence minister said the crisis had been contained, though there was still shooting at some barracks.
The government has faced growing discontent over its failure to quell an Islamist insurgency that has devastated the West African state since 2015.
On 11 January, it said that 10 soldiers had been arrested over an alleged coup plot.
The government has also repeatedly cut internet services, and has cracked down on public protests against the growing instability.
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Islamism creeps forward.
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