Ibrahim Traore declared Burkina Faso president after coup
2 years, 2 months ago

Ibrahim Traore declared Burkina Faso president after coup

Al Jazeera  

Captain Traore was named the head of state after the coup that deposed Damiba amid growing violence in the Sahel. Captain Ibrahim Traore has been appointed as president of Burkina Faso after Paul-Henri Damiba was removed in the West African country’s second coup in less than nine months. Traore has been appointed as “Head of State, Supreme Head of the Armed Forces”, according to an official statement read out on national television by a spokesman for the military government, Captain Kiswendsida Farouk Azaria Sorgho. Traore said the ECOWAS visit was to “make contact with the new transition authorities” as part of regional support for Burkina Faso. “We strongly encourage the new transitional government to adhere to the agreed-upon timeline for a return to a democratically elected, civilian-led government,” a Department of State spokesman said earlier this week.

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