-
Burkina Faso: Junta Declares a 36-Month Transition
RFI, 1 March 2022
The head of Burkina Faso's junta, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, signed a charter on Tuesday, putting in place a three-year transition period before the country… Read more »
-
Africa: Countering Coups: How to Prevent Armed Seizures of Power
USIP, 25 February 2022
Five military coups around the Sahel show the U.S. needs better policies. Here are three first steps. Read more »
National Conference Approves 3-Year Transition in Burkina Faso
A national conference in Burkina Faso has adopted a charter that will allow the junta that seized power in the West African state in January, 2022 to lead a three-year transition. The conference approved the charter, which was later signed by junta leader Lt. Colonel Henri-Paul Damiba on March 1, 2022 after a day-long debate in the capital Ouagadougou.
Burkina Faso - alongside neighbours Mali and Niger - is struggling to contain attacks by armed militants linked to Al Qaeda and Islamic State, who have killed thousands of people and displaced hundreds of thousands in the West Africa Sahel area, rendering swathes of territories ungovernable and weakening governments.
Junta leader Damiba replaced former president Roch Marc Christian Kabore in late January, 2022 because he felt Kabore did not do enough to combat terrorism.
InFocus
-
Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been inaugurated as the country's president, weeks after he led a coup that overthrew democratically-elected ... Read more »
-
Guinea-Bissau's government launched a major investigation into a foiled coup attempt to overthrow President Umaro Sissoco Embalo. Reports say a Read more »
-
The African Union has joined the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), West Africa's regional bloc, in Read more »
Palais Kosyam, the presidential palace in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (file photo).
