In Burkina Faso, transitional government dissolved and constitution suspended after second coup this year

Burkina Faso military leader Paul-Henri Damiba has been deposed in the country’s second coup in a year, as army Captain Ibrahim Traore took charge, dissolving the transitional government and suspending the constitution. Traore said [...] that a group of officers had decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to deal with a worsening armed uprising in the country. The captain was previously head of special forces unit “Cobra” in the northern region of Kaya. “We have decided to take our responsibilities, driven by a single ideal: the restoration of security and integrity of our territory,” announced soldiers on state television and radio. It is the second takeover in eight months for the West African state. Damiba took power in a coup in January that overthrew former President Roch Kabore, also due in part to frustration over the worsening insecurity. [...] The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) strongly condemned the coup [...] saying that it came at an “inopportune” time when progress was being made towards a return to constitutional order.
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