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In Burkina Faso, talks to adopt transitional charter and designate transitional president begin3 October 2022
In Burkina Faso, transitional government dissolved and constitution suspended after second coup this year![Flags of ECOWAS member states (photo credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty) Flags of ECOWAS member states (photo credit: Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP/Getty)](/sites/default/files/57970216_303.jpg)
28 March 2022
West African coup states – Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea have been given new deadlines to ensure elections take place to return them into civilian rule.
Leade…![Coup leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (photocredit: DW.com) Coup leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba (photocredit: DW.com)](/sites/default/files/60587855_303_0.jpg)
1 February 2022
Burkina Faso’s military government said it has restored the constitution a week after taking power and has appointed the coup’s leader as head of state for a tr…![Capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou (photo credit: Dimanche Yaméogo / AFD) Capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou (photo credit: Dimanche Yaméogo / AFD)](/sites/default/files/ville-route-renovee-amenagement-urbain-ouagadougou-burkina-faso-guebo.jpeg)
31 January 2022
Burkina Faso's new military leader Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba said on Thursday that the West African country return to constitutional order when condi…![Televised announcement of president Roch Kaboré's detention (photo credit: Radio Télévision du Burkina) Televised announcement of president Roch Kaboré's detention (photo credit: Radio Télévision du Burkina)](/sites/default/files/https___d1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net_production_bf22aba3-4999-4080-914a-c9c9bf5c8586.jpg)
25 January 2022
Soldiers in Burkina Faso announced on state television on Monday evening that they have seized power following a mutiny. African and Western nations denounced t…![photo credit: pixabay photo credit: pixabay](/sites/default/files/international-2690936_1920.jpg)
28 August 2018
The Sahel state of Burkina Faso will hold a referendum to usher in a “semi-presidential” constitution on March 24 next year, the election commission announced M…
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