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Burkina Faso: Why support for ‘The People’s Captain’ is understandable but misguided

Summary by GGA
Burkina Faso’s military officer-come-political-leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, came to power in September 2022, after leading the country’s seventh military coup since independence in 1960. Traoré ousted Lt Col Paul Henri Damiba, the leader of the country’s previous coup in the same year. With Traoré’s support, Damiba ousted the country’s civilian president, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.   Traoré […]
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GGA broke the news in on Monday, July 28, 2025.
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