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Burkina coup leader says country in 'danger' as he takes office: Traore, 34, led disgruntled junior officers last month in the second coup in eight ...
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Burkina coup leader says country in 'danger' as he takes office
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Coup in Burkina Faso as military officers overthrow junta leader: In January 2022, deposed Sandaogo Damiba installed himself as leader of the country after he ...
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Coup in Burkina Faso as military officers overthrow junta leader
Quick Glance: Army officers in Burkina Faso declare a coup
  • Burkina Faso's OUAGADOUGOU (AP) — Late Friday, more than a dozen members of Burkina Faso's army took control of state television, declaring that the country's coup leader-turned-president, Lt. Col.

  • Damiba "has shown his limits," according to Francois Beogo, a political figure with the Movement for the Refounding of Burkina Faso.

  • According to UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric, approximately one-fifth of Burkina Faso's population "urgently needs humanitarian aid."

  • "Burkina Faso needs peace, it needs stability, and it needs unity in order to fight terrorist groups and criminal networks operating in parts of the country," Dujarric added.
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