The family of the president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, left the African country this Sunday and the mutinous soldiers demand the resignation of the president.

''According to our information, the family of President Roch Kaboré left Burkina Faso,'' as reported via Twitter by the LSI Africa media.

Late this Sunday, shots were heard near the house of the president of Burkina Faso, hours after mutinous soldiers fired on several barracks in the capital, Ouagadougou, according to the media.