UN Office for Human Rights in Geneva called for an immediate restoration of democracy in Burkina Faso after the army ousted democratically elected presidents and governments yesterday, suspended the constitution and closed the borders of the West African country, the DPA reported.

"We demand an immediate return to constitutional order," Michelle Bachelet, a spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in Geneva today.

She also called on the military to release democratically elected President Christian Cabore and other officials detained yesterday and the day before yesterday.

Riots broke out in the West African country on Sunday, when reports of an army uprising surfaced in barracks in the capital Ouagadougou and two northern cities, the German news agency reported.

The government initially denied that a coup was imminent and said everything was under control. But yesterday, President Cabore was taken to a military camp and the new leaders of the junta in Burkina Faso announced that his government had been overthrown.

Prior to the coup, protesters demanded Kabore's resignation, accusing him and his government of failing to take action against the growing threat of Islamist terrorism, which has risen sharply in recent months.

Source: MIA