{"id":26139,"date":"2022-09-30T20:49:03","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=26139"},"modified":"2022-09-30T20:49:08","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:49:08","slug":"burkina-faso-army-captain-overthrown-military-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/09\/30\/burkina-faso-army-captain-overthrown-military-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso army Captain overthrown military government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Burkina Faso army Captain Ibrahim Traore has ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government and suspended the constitution and transitional charter, he said in a statement read on national television Friday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/3084BAA1-19A9-41A7-A85C-52D4739F0290-1024x691.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/3084BAA1-19A9-41A7-A85C-52D4739F0290-1024x691.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/3084BAA1-19A9-41A7-A85C-52D4739F0290-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/3084BAA1-19A9-41A7-A85C-52D4739F0290-768x518.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/3084BAA1-19A9-41A7-A85C-52D4739F0290-750x506.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/3084BAA1-19A9-41A7-A85C-52D4739F0290.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Burkina faso<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/816BCC48-90DA-47FA-A3B0-EDDE6D827F61-1024x686.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/816BCC48-90DA-47FA-A3B0-EDDE6D827F61-1024x686.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/816BCC48-90DA-47FA-A3B0-EDDE6D827F61-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/816BCC48-90DA-47FA-A3B0-EDDE6D827F61-768x515.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/816BCC48-90DA-47FA-A3B0-EDDE6D827F61-750x503.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/816BCC48-90DA-47FA-A3B0-EDDE6D827F61.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><br>Traore said a group of officers had decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to deal with a worsening Islamist insurgency. He announced that borders were closed indefinitely and that all political and civil society activities were suspended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/8D4E5C65-773A-409A-8EE2-DD891B01A0FB-1024x669.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26140\" width=\"320\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/8D4E5C65-773A-409A-8EE2-DD891B01A0FB-1024x669.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/8D4E5C65-773A-409A-8EE2-DD891B01A0FB-300x196.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/8D4E5C65-773A-409A-8EE2-DD891B01A0FB-768x502.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/8D4E5C65-773A-409A-8EE2-DD891B01A0FB-750x490.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/09\/8D4E5C65-773A-409A-8EE2-DD891B01A0FB.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the second takeover in eight months for the West African state. Damiba took power in a coup in January that ousted former President Roch Kabore, also due in part to frustration over the worsening insecurity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Burkina Faso army Captain Ibrahim Traore has ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government and suspended the constitution and transitional charter, he said in a statement read on national television Friday evening. 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