{"id":79922,"date":"2022-10-06T10:28:19","date_gmt":"2022-10-06T10:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweetmelodiesfm.com\/?p=79922"},"modified":"2022-10-06T10:28:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-06T10:28:19","slug":"burkina-fasos-coup-leader-takes-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetmelodiesfm.com\/burkina-fasos-coup-leader-takes-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso’s coup leader takes office."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following last week’s seizure of power by military officers, Burkina Faso’s coup leader Ibrahim Traor\u00e9 has assumed the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Traor\u00e9, an army captain, was also named Supreme Head of the Armed Forces, according to a statement read on national television.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetmelodiesfm.com\/burkina-faso-ex-president-freed-from-detention\/\">Burkina Faso ex-president freed from detention<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweetmelodiesfm.com\/thomas-sankara-murder-ex-burkina-faso-president-blaise-compaore-found-guilty\/\">Thomas Sankara murder: Ex-Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaor\u00e9 found guilty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following last week’s seizure of power by military officers, Burkina Faso’s coup leader Ibrahim Traor\u00e9 has assumed the presidency. 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