Powder Keg Africa: Burkina Faso Military Junta Foils Yet Another Coup d’état – Population Takes to the Streets in Support for Captain Traore
Burkina Faso’s military ruler, Captain Traore.
Coup-on-coup seems to be the name of the game in the West African Republic of Burkina Faso.
Authorities in Burkina Faso say that a coup attempt against the military junta rulers has been thwarted by the country’s intelligence and security services.
This is yet another attempt to seize military power.
Captain Ibrahim Traore seized power in September, 2022 – just eight months after an earlier military coup had overthrown the elected President, Roch Marc Kabore.
Shortly after, in December 2022, there was an attempt to ‘destabilize state institutions’, engendered by civilians and a lieutenant-colonel named Emmanuel Zoungrana.
And earlier this month, three soldiers have been arrested and charged with plotting against the ruling military government.
