Tag Archives: Burkina Faso: junta leader Colonel Damiba overthrown

Burkina Faso: junta leader Colonel Damiba overthrown

Burkina Faso: junta leader Colonel Damiba overthrown

Burkina Faso’s security forces announced on national television the overthrow of military leader Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Damiba, months after the latter overthrew former President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Ibrahim Traore, the new coup leader cited Lt Col “Damiba’s inability to deal with an Islamist insurgency” as the reason. He also …

Read More »