Shooting days.....

For the first time in my life, I went to sleep with the sound of gun shots off in the distance. As the night wore on, the shooting subsided and things seemed to calm down. I woke up this morning to find that the power had been out for hours which really isn't all that rare here in Burkina, but still rather annoying.
After talking with a few people here and double checking some local news sources, it turns out that the deep rooted rivalry between the military and the police finally turned violent, leaving one person dead last night.
The International School of Ouagadougou canceled classes today - leaving some American students to futher contemplate education overseas saying, "....in the States we get snow days; but here in Burkina we get shooting days."