Flanked by 13 military officers, coup leader Capt. Sidsore Kader Ouedraogo said the aim was to allow the country “get back on the right track.”
“Burkina Faso President Roch Kabore has been detained at a military camp by mutinying soldiers,” two security sources and a West African diplomat said.
Ismahila Ouedraogo scored the winning penalty kick for a 7-6 penalty kicks win after a 1-1 draw.
Burkina Faso blew open the battle to qualify from Group A of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) as they beat Cape Verde 1-0 on Thursday in Yaounde.
“As Africans, we have come a long way, and we deserve to applaud ourselves. It will only keep getting better, one Africa.”
On Tuesday, Nigeria will face Egypt in Group D at the Roumde Adjia Stadium, Garoua.
At least 53 people were killed in a weekend attack on a gendarmerie post in Burkina Faso, an updated government toll showed on Wednesday.
Mr Lacroix told the UN Security Council on Friday that the situation in the Lake Chad Basin region remained highly volatile.
The armed forces of Burkina Faso have since launched a quick-sweep operation in the affected area.
ECOWAS commission president and foreign affairs ministers of Ghana and Burkina Faso are leading the delegation.
