‘The Cult of Saint Traoré’: How a Russia-Backed Junta Leader Became an Icon

Burkina Faso: 'elections not a priority compared to security', says military leader

Almost a year after seizing power in a coup, Captain Ibrahim Traore, who had promised a return to presidential elections by July 2024, in Burkina Faso, announced planned changes to the constitution to make it representative of the masses, declaring Friday, on state TV, that elections are not a prior

In this episode of El Mundo according to Ramonet, journalist Ignacio Ramonet analyzes how Ibrahim Traoré, the young president of Burkina Faso, challenges neocolonialism and becomes a symbol of a new sovereign Africa.

The young Putin ally winning hearts across Africa: Who is Ibrahim Traoré?

Burkina Faso's new president came to power in a dramatic coup, winning hearts across Africa with fiery rhetoric and viral social media appeal.

‘The cult of Saint Traoré’: how a Russia-backed junta leader became an icon

Anger over democratic dysfunction and western meddling has fuelled global support for Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré

Ibrahim Traoré: Defying the West, Inspiring Africa, Facing Challenges

(Analysis) In mid-April 2025, Burkina Faso’s military government announced it had thwarted a coup plot aimed at overthrowing Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the 37-year-old interim president whose defiance of Western influence has made him a polarizing figure. Security Minister Mahamadou Sanou told state television that current and former soldiers, alongside “terrorist leaders,” planned to storm the […]

There is violent fighting in Burkina Faso. On one side, militant jihadists with links to al-Qaeda. On the other side – one of Africa's most influential men, the military coup leader Ibrahim Traoré. – He is good at going viral to strengthen the security situation but also to crack down on critics, very harshly, says Jesper Bjarnesen, an expert on West Africa at the Nordic Africa Institute.