{"id":23705,"date":"2022-06-22T06:06:30","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T06:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=23705"},"modified":"2022-06-22T06:06:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T06:06:30","slug":"burkinabe-junta-head-in-surprise-talks-with-ex-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/06\/22\/burkinabe-junta-head-in-surprise-talks-with-ex-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkinab\u00e9 junta head in surprise talks with ex-leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-reactid=\".lv4ikkc78o.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-62b28ef1a48d0547a34c0c71.0.6.0.0:$post_1\">Burkina Faso&#8217;s military ruler has in a surprise move met the president he overthrew in a coup last January.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".lv4ikkc78o.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-62b28ef1a48d0547a34c0c71.0.6.0.0:$post_2\">Former President Roch Marc Christian Kabor\u00e9 was accompanied by another former president, Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".lv4ikkc78o.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-62b28ef1a48d0547a34c0c71.0.6.0.0:$post_3\">Officials said the meeting showed Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba&#8217;s desire for reconciliation and that the country&#8217;s security situation was discussed.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".lv4ikkc78o.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-62b28ef1a48d0547a34c0c71.0.6.0.0:$post_4\">A video of the meeting shows handshakes and even some smiles as Burkina Faso&#8217;s military leader invites the man he ousted for a walk along the red carpet at a place he knows well &#8211; the presidential palace.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".lv4ikkc78o.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-62b28ef1a48d0547a34c0c71.0.6.0.0:$post_5\">A statement said Mr Kabor\u00e9 was there to discuss security issues and to try to diffuse the political situation.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".lv4ikkc78o.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-62b28ef1a48d0547a34c0c71.0.6.0.0:$post_6\">Back in January Mr Damiba said he had toppled Mr Kabor\u00e9 because he had failed to stop the attacks by jihadist fighters.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".lv4ikkc78o.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-62b28ef1a48d0547a34c0c71.0.6.0.0:$post_7\">Despite a promise to improve security, the violence has continued.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\".lv4ikkc78o.0.2.0.0.1.0.$lx-commentary.$lx-commentary.2.0.1.1.1:$post-62b28ef1a48d0547a34c0c71.0.6.0.0:$post_8\">The military ruler has also controversially declared a three-year transition period before elections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burkina Faso&#8217;s military ruler has in a surprise move met the president he overthrew in a coup last January. Former President Roch Marc Christian Kabor\u00e9 was accompanied by another former president, Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo. Officials said the meeting showed Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba&#8217;s desire for reconciliation and that the country&#8217;s security situation was discussed. A video [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":23706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[11394,960,8927,6731,7283,9833,5572,3805,11377,5655,8033],"class_list":["post-23705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","tag-attacks","tag-burkina-faso","tag-christian","tag-coup","tag-junta","tag-meeting","tag-military","tag-president","tag-presidential","tag-security","tag-video"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23705\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}