Tag: Ibrahim Traore
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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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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.