By Thiam Ndiaga, Anne Mimault, Aaron Ross and Bate Felix,
31 January 2022
Capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou (photo credit: Dimanche Yaméogo / AFD)
Burkina Faso's new military leader Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba said on [27 January] that the West African country return to constitutional order when conditions are right.
Damiba spoke for the first time on national television since leading a mutiny that ousted President Roch Marc Kabore [...].
"When the conditions are right, according to the deadline that our people will define in all sovereignty, I commit to a return to a normal constitutional order," Damiba said. [...] The junta said on Monday after seizing power that it would propose a calendar for a return to constitutional order "within a reasonable time frame" but has not elaborated on its plans.
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Reuters
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