US EditionCoup Plot Against President Traoré Foiled, Burkina Faso Says
Authorities arrested multiple suspects after intelligence uncovered a plot funded with $125,000 from Côte d'Ivoire to assassinate President Traoré and disable key military sites.
- Burkina Faso's military government said on Tuesday that they thwarted a plot to assassinate Captain Ibrahim Traoré, with Sana stating, `Our intelligence services intercepted this operation in the final hours.`
- Lt Col Paul-Henri Damiba, former transitional president, was accused of mobilising soldiers and civilian supporters and securing 70m CFA francs from Ivory Coast to fund the plot.
- Security agencies uncovered a leaked video showing suspected plotters outlining plans to kill the president either at close range or by planting explosives at his private residence and to attack senior military and civilian figures.
- Security agencies say investigations are ongoing with several arrests, though the number is unclear, and Mahamadou Sana urged citizens not to be misled, saying suspects will face justice soon.
- Since seizing power, Captain Ibrahim Traoré has faced at least two coup attempts and jihadist violence forcing millions from their homes; this episode follows an April 2024 palace plot, September arrests, and Damiba's overthrow of elected president Roch Kaboré.
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Burkina Faso' junta claims to have foiled 'yet another attempt at destabilisation'
In tonight's edition, Burkina Faso points the finger at Ivory Coast claiming funds from its neighbour were channelled into an allegedly foiled plan to assassinate Burkina's junta leader Ibrahim Traoré. Also, the United States has added Nigeria and over twenty other African countries to its visa bond list. And films made in Muslim-majority northern Nigeria are growing in popularity well beyond the region.
Military and civilian actors with external funding wanted to assassinate authorities, destabilize the nation and provoke military intervention.
Another coup plot against Traoré foiled - Burkina Faso Govt
The military government in Burkina Faso has announced that it has thwarted yet another alleged plot aimed at removing the country’s leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré. Speaking on Tuesday, the Minister of Security, Mahamadou Sana, disclosed that the planned coup, which was expected to be carried out late on Saturday, was neutralised “thanks to the professionalism of the intelligence services.” The ruling junta fingered former transitional president,…
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