Burkina Faso's military leader ousted in second coup this year
Also: Burkina Faso unrest: Military officers remove leader Damiba
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Source: The Guardian and agencies
Burkina Faso’s military leader ousted in second coup this year
Army officer Captain Ibrahim Traore has overthrown Paul-Henri Damiba, eight months after he took power
Staff and agencies in Ouagadougou
Fri 30 Sep 2022 21.36 BST
Last modified on Fri 30 Sep 2022 22.47 BST
Members of Burkina Faso’s army have seized control of state television, declaring that they had ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba, dissolved the government and suspended the constitution and transitional charter.
In a statement read on national television late on Friday, Captain Ibrahim Traore said a group of officers had decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to deal with a worsening Islamist insurgency. He announced that borders were closed indefinitely and that all political and civil society activities were suspended.
It is the second takeover in eight months for the west African state. Damiba took power in a coup in January that ousted democratically elected president Roch Marc Kaboré.
Damiba and his allies promised to make the country more secure, but violence has continued unabated and frustration with his leadership has grown in recent months.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/30/burkina-fasos-military-leader-ousted-in-second-coup-this-year
Ibrahim Traore cited Lt Col Damiba's inability to deal with an Islamist insurgency as the reason for his overthrow (Radio Télévision du Burkina)
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Source: BBC
Burkina Faso unrest: Military officers remove leader Damiba
By George Wright
BBC News
30 September 2022
An army captain in Burkina Faso has announced on national television that he has ousted military leader Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba.
Ibrahim Traore cited Lt Col Damiba's inability to deal with an Islamist insurgency as the reason.
He also announced that borders were closed indefinitely and all political activities were suspended.
Lt Col Damiba's junta overthrew an elected government in January, citing a failure to halt Islamist attacks.
But his administration has also not been able to quell the jihadist violence. On Monday, 11 soldiers were killed when they were escorting a convoy of civilian vehicles in the north of the country.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63098217