Burkina Faso’s coup leader takes office.

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Following last week’s seizure of power by military officers, Burkina Faso’s coup leader Ibrahim Traoré has assumed the presidency.

Mr Traoré, an army captain, was also named Supreme Head of the Armed Forces, according to a statement read on national television.

The power grab, the second this year, was prompted by apparent dissatisfaction with the previous military government’s failures to contain a spreading Islamist insurgency.

On Tuesday, a West African regional body, Ecowas, sent a delegation to Burkina Faso, hoping to persuade the new leader to stick to earlier proposals to hold elections by mid-2024.

 

 

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