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West Africa: Burkina Faso Coup Raises Questions About Growing Russian Involvement in West Africa
The Conversation Africa, 11 October 2022
As if fighting in what - for now, at least - appears to be a losing battle in Ukraine weren't enough, the Wagner Group, a private army of Russian mercenaries commanded by Yevgeny… Read more »
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Burkina Faso: UN Rights Office Calls for Probe Into Coup-Related Deaths and Injuries
UN News, 7 October 2022
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has called for investigations into deaths and injuries resulting from last week's coup in Burkina Faso, Spokesperson Seif Magango said on Friday. Read more »
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Burkina Faso: Military Junta Names Coup Leader Traoré President of Burkina Faso
RFI, 6 October 2022
Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement, after the West African country's second coup in less than nine… Read more »
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Burkina Faso: Is Recent Coup a Boon for Russia?
DW, 4 October 2022
A close ally of Russia's President Vladimir Putin with his own private militia was quick to praise Friday's power grab by Captain Ibrahim Traore. The new junta accused France of… Read more »
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Nigeria: Burkina Faso Coup Raises More Concerns About Democratic Stability in Africa
Premium Times, 4 October 2022
"The world is increasingly moving from democracy to illiberalism, and in West Africa's case, the pace of the slide towards illiberal democracy, and now into full-blown military… Read more »
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Burkina Faso: New Junta Vows to Respect Timeline for Return to Civilian Rule
RFI, 4 October 2022
Calm returned to Burkina Faso's capital on Monday after the country's military leader fled to neighbouring Togo following the second coup in less than nine months. His replacement,… Read more »
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West Africa: Ousted Burkina Faso Leader Damiba in Togo After Coup - Govt
DW, 3 October 2022
Togo's government has confirmed reports that Burkina Faso's ousted coup leader Paul-Henri Damiba fled there following a mutiny of junior officers. Meanwhile, ECOWAS envoys were… Read more »
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Burkina Faso: Burkina Faso Junta Leader Agrees to Quit After Mutiny
DW, 2 October 2022
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba offered his resignation, two days after junior military officers rebelled against his rule. The West African country is experiencing a coup within a coup… Read more »
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Burkina Faso: Anti-French Anger Grips Burkina Faso in Wake of Second Military Coup
RFI, 2 October 2022
Burkina Faso has been hit by confusion and uncertainty after suffering its second military coup in a year - with gunshots fired in the capital Ouagadougou on Saturday and… Read more »
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Burkina Faso: Junta Chief Urges Coup Leaders to 'Come to Their Senses'
DW, 2 October 2022
Burkina Faso's junta leader Damiba -- whom military officers claim to have ousted -- urged coup plotters to avoid a "fratricidal war." Damiba himself came to power in a coup less… Read more »
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Burkina Faso: Burkinabes React to News of 2nd Coup in 8 Months
VOA, 1 October 2022
Soldiers took over Burkina Faso's state broadcaster Friday night to announce they had deposed President Paul Henri Damiba, after just eight months in power. Read more »
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Burkina Faso: AU Commission Chair Unequivocally Condemns the Second Takeover of Power By Force in Burkina Faso.
African Union, 30 September 2022
In strong support of ECOWAS, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, and in conformity with the Lomé Declaration of Year 2000, the African… Read more »
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Burkina Faso: Army Announces Overthrow of Military Government
VOA, 30 September 2022
Burkina Faso's army captain, Ibrahim Traore, announced Friday evening that the army had seized power and ousted military leader Paul Henri Damiba, who himself had taken power in a… Read more »
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Burkina Faso: Fears of Another Coup as Gunfire Heard In Capital Ouagadougou
allAfrica, 30 September 2022
The sound of gunfire in the capital Ouagadougou has raised fears of yet another coup. Residents were woken on September 30, 2022 by weapons fired in various camps in the capital.… Read more »
New Burkina Faso Junta Names Coup Leader President
Captain Ibrahim Traoré was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday October 5, 2022, according to an official statement, after the West African country's second coup in less than nine months.
The country has been struggling for the past seven years against a jihadist campaign that has claimed thousands of lives, forced nearly two million people to flee their homes, and left more than a third of the country outside government control.
Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba seized power in January, only to be toppled last weekend by newly emerged rival Traoré, at the head of a faction of disgruntled junior officers.
Wednesday's military communiqué said that Traoré would now be the "guarantor of national independence, territorial integrity ... and continuity of the State." Damiba fled to Togo following a two-day standoff.
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