Tag: Damiba
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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 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…