Tag: Burkina Faso
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Burkina Faso to swear in 34-year-old junta head as president
Captain Ibrahim Traore, the young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, will be inaugurated as interim president on Friday, the constitutional council announced Wednesday.
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Finally, Burkina Junta leader Damiba bows, agrees to step down – Mediators
Burkina Faso’s junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has finally agreed to step down Sunday, two days after military officers announced he had been removed from power, religious and community leaders said. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG) report following mediation between Damiba and the new self-proclaimed leader, Ibrahim Traore, “Damiba himself offered his resignation in order to…
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Burkina Faso’s self-declared military leader says ‘situation under control
Burkina Faso’s self-declared military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore said on Sunday that the situation was under control, urging people to refrain from acts of vandalism targeting the French embassy, a statement read on national television said. The West African nation remained on edge after Traore accused President Paul-Henri Damiba on Saturday of staging a counter-offensive…
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Why we ousted Damiba – Army Captain Traore explains
Burkina Faso coup leader, Army Captain Ibrahim Traore who ousted military leader, Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Damiba has emerged with reasons for his actions. Col. Traore noted that Col. Damiba failed to honour his pledge to halt Islamist attacks, for which reason he overthrew the elected government in January. Col. Damiba’s administration has failed to…
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Burkina Faso soldiers seize power, oust military leader, Paul Henri Damiba
Burkina Faso’s army captain, Ibrahim Traore, announced Friday night that the army had seized power and ousted military leader Paul Henri Damiba, who himself had taken power in a coup only eight months ago.
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Burkina Faso Army Captain announces overthrow of military Govt
Burkina Faso army Captain Ibrahim Traore has ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government in the West African country’s second coup in eight months, he said in a statement read on national television on Friday evening. Traore said a group of officers who helped Damiba seize power in January, had decided to…
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Gunfire rocks Burkina Faso capital as soldiers blocks access to administrative building
Heavy gunfire rang out from the main military camp and some residential areas of Burkina Faso’s capital on Friday and a large blast was heard near the presidential palace. Armed soldiers took up positions along the avenue leading to the presidency and blocked access to administrative buildings and the national television, which had stopped broadcasting,…
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Army admits killing civilians in counter-terrorist strike
Burkina Faso’s army on Wednesday said that it accidentally killed civilians during a counter-terrorist operation in the country’s southeast earlier this week. According to the army, the West African country has been battling insurgency by Islamist militant groups, some which were linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State, which control large swathes of territory and…
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Former Burkina Faso president, Compaore returns home after spending eight years in exile
Burkina Faso’s ex-president Blaise Compaore has returned to the country’s capital Ouagadougou on Thursday after spending nearly eight years in exile. Compaoré, who was sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment in April by a military court in his country, he was received by the head of state as part of the national reconciliation,” a source…
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Gunmen kill 8 in naming ceremony
State-owned news agency AIB, on Tuesday, reported that gunmen stormed into a naming ceremony and killed eight people in Sandiaba village, central-east province Koulpelogo of Burkina Faso. AIB reported that gunmen broke into Sandiaba village, located about four kilometers to Soudoughin in the province of Koulpelogo, on Monday.