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Burkina Faso’s security and intelligence services foiled coup attempt

Burkina Faso's security and intelligence services foiled coup attempt

Burkina Faso’s military leaders said the country’s security and intelligence services foiled a coup attempt on Tuesday. It’s almost a year since the military leader and now interim President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, himself, seized power. In a statement read on television, the junta said unnamed military officers and others had …

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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 …

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