Burkina Faso scraps bill to extend presidents term amid protests

Reuters

DAKAR (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's government has abandoned plans for legislation to extend President Blaise Compaore's 27-year rule on Thursday amid protests by thousands of people who stormed the parliament building and state television. Alain Edouard Traore, communications minister, confirmed the government had dropped a project to amend the constitution to remove a two-term presidential term limit that would have allowed Compaore to seek reelection next year. (Reporting by Bate Felix; Writing by Daniel Flynn)