Mali, Chad, and Guinea have all seen coups since 2020, raising fears of a backslide towards military rule in a region that had made democratic progress over the past decade.īurkina Faso's new leader is army Captain Ibrahim Traore. It is a pattern that has become increasingly familiar in West and Central Africa in the past two years as Islamist insurgents wreak havoc across the arid expanses of the Sahel region, killing thousands and eroding faith in weak governments that have not found a way to beat them back. The announcement capped a day that began with gunfire near a military camp in the capital Ouagadougou, an explosion near the presidential palace, and interruptions to state television programming. Dozens of civilians are still missing.įriday’s coup creates a conundrum for West Africa’s political bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which has tried to persuade coup leaders in the region to return to civilian rule as soon as possible.ĮCOWAS suspended Burkina Faso after the January coup but had since agreed to a two-year transition back to democratic elections.OUAGADOUGOU - Armed soldiers in fatigues and masks appeared on television in Burkina Faso on Friday night to confirm the ouster of President Paul-Henri Damiba, the second coup in the troubled West African country this year. This week, at least 11 soldiers died in an attack in the northern part of the country. Thousands have been killed in raids on rural communities and millions have been forced to flee. But hope has faded fast.īurkina Faso has become the epicentre of violence carried out by groups linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State that began in neighbouring Mali in 2012 and has spread to other West African countries south of the Sahara Desert. *Military coup to remove an army leader* /VodAeQtjcB- Insider Paper September 30, 2022Ĭivilian populations have cheered military juntas in the hope that they may be more successful at containing the insurgents than their democratically elected predecessors. “Faced with the deteriorating situation, we tried several times to get Damiba to refocus the transition on the security question,” said the statement signed by Traore and read out by another officer on television.īREAKING 🚨 Burkina Faso army officer reads statement on state TV, says previous military leader Paul-Henri Damiba has been ousted, declares himself new leader. Damiba ousted former President Roch Kabore for the same reason. Traore said a group of officers who helped Damiba seize power in January had decided to remove their leader due to his inability to deal with the Islamists. Traore is now e/thing in the land! /4m2vPQ74Kj- Eng. In Burkina Faso, one Ibrahim Traore, a military captain has toppled & dissolved military Gov't -he's now the Gov't suspended constitution -he's the constitution dissolved Parliament -he's the Parliament Political & civil activities suspended. He declared a nightly curfew.ĭamiba’s whereabouts remain unknown on Saturday morning. In a scene that replicated Damiba’s own power grab in a January 24 coup, he appeared on television surrounded by soldiers and announced the government was dissolved, the constitution suspended and the borders closed.
#TV47News /Oz46J4jUfc- TV47 Kenya September 30, 2022īurkina Faso’s new leader is army Captain Ibrahim Traore. He became President eight months ago after leading a coup that toppled the then government. The announcement capped a day that began with gunfire near a military camp in the capital Ouagadougou, an explosion near the presidential palace, and interruptions to state television programming.īREAKING: Burkina Faso army captain announces coup d'etat, removing junta leader, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. Armed soldiers in fatigues and masks appeared on television in Burkina Faso on Friday night to confirm the ouster of President Paul-Henri Damiba, the second coup in the West African country this year.
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