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BREAKING: Another coup has just taken place in Burkina Faso

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6 months ago

September 30, 2022

Captain Ibrahim Traore has overthrown Burkina Faso’s Military Head of State, Paul-Henri Damiba..

He has dissolved the government and constitution.

Paul-Henri Damiba overthrew Burkina Faso’s President Kaboré on January 24, 2022.

Another military coup has been carried out in Burkina Faso.

Lieutenant Colonel Damiba, the country's transitional president, has been removed from power. Captain Ibrahim Traore becomes the new head of State. pic.twitter.com/SbDKuR6zLv

— 301 Military (@301military) September 30, 2022

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 remove their leader due to his inability to deal with a worsening Islamist insurgency. Damiba had ousted former President Roch Kabore in January, in part for the same reason

The constitution has been suspended and the transitional charter dissolved, borders are closed indefinitely and all political and civil society activities are suspended, Traore said. He declared a curfew from 2100 GMT to 0500 GMT.

“Faced with the deteriorating situation, we tried several times to get Damiba to refocus the transition on the security question,” said the statement signed by Traore and read out by another officer on television, flanked by a group of soldiers in military fatigues and heavy armour.