President of Burkina Faso detained by soldiers

A statement on the president’s Twitter account urged soldiers to lay down their arms and called for dialogue. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following President of Burkina Faso detained by soldiers [Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore, smiles as he is welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron for a meeting on the Sahel crisis at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Nov. 12, 2021.] Credit: Michel Euler/AP/File photo Burkina Faso Security sources say that Burkina Faso’s president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, has been [detained by soldiers]( at a military camp in the capital Ouagadougou. A [statement]( on the president’s Twitter account urged soldiers to lay down their arms and called for dialogue, but it remains unconfirmed if Kaboré posted the message himself. Frustration had been mounting in the country since Kaboré’s November 2020 reelection, at his inability to stem the spread of violence by groups linked to al-Qaeda and ISIS that have left thousands of people dead and displaced more than 1.5 million others. Norway The Taliban are in talks with Western diplomats for the [first time in Europe]( since the group took control of Afghanistan’s government last August. The closed-door meetings with representatives of the US, France, Britain, Germany, Italy, the European Union and Norway are taking place in the Norwegian capital Oslo. The Taliban have been demanding that the US and other Western countries release [$10 billion in frozen assets](, as the country faces a humanitarian crisis. Ahead of the talks with the Taliban, Western diplomats met with Afghan women’s rights activists and human rights groups to address the current situation in Afghanistan. France France’s ["vaccine pass" requirement]( went into effect on Monday. The pass will only allow those who are fully vaccinated, or have recently recovered from COVID-19, access to public spaces including bars, restaurants and inter-regional transport. People who have simply tested negative for the coronavirus, and who were covered under the country’s “health pass,” will no longer qualify. Tens of thousands of people [protested the new pass]( across the country over the weekend, citing an infringement on their freedom of choice. --------------------------------------------------------------- From The World [Turkey's 'whirling dervishes' strive to keep the practice sacred amid tourist demand]( [A semazen leans his head back while turning during a sema ritual at the Irfan Civilization Research and Culture Center in Konya, Turkey.]( Credit: Durrie Bouscaren/The World In the city of Konya, Turkey, adherents of the Sufi ritual meditation called sema — commonly known as "whirling dervishes" — are torn between [commercialism and tradition](. Semazen are grappling with the push and pull between the promise of tourism income for the community and the feeling that the sema should be a private affair. --------------------------------------------------------------- Double take In the Netherlands, museums, concert halls and art centers turned themselves into beauty salons, in protest of [COVID-19 lockdowns]( on cultural venues. The Dutch cultural sector said it’s been cooperative of coronavirus measures, and wanted to highlight the “dire situation” facing the arts, stating that few infections had been linked to arts groups during the pandemic. [Screenshot of BBC News (World) tweet]( Credit: Twitter --------------------------------------------------------------- [In case you missed it from The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Don't forget to subscribe to The World's Latest Edition podcast using your favorite podcast player: [RadioPublic](, [Apple Podcasts](, [Stitcher](, [Soundcloud](, [RSS]( [The World logo]( [The World on Facebook]( [The World's Twitter account]( [Donate]( | [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [Edit your subscription]( | [Unsubscribe]( | [View in your browser]( Top of the World is written weekday mornings by the team at [The World](. [The World]( is produced by [PRX]( and [GBH](.