Burkina junta urges international support on eve of key summit
Heads of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are to confer on Friday over how to respond to Monday's military coup.
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Heads of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are to confer on Friday over how to respond to Monday's military coup.
Heads of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) are to confer on Friday over how to respond to Monday's military coup.
The leader of Burkina Faso's new military junta called for international support in his first major public intervention Thursday on the eve of a regional summit that could seek to sanction Ouagadougo…
The 41-year-old was was commander of the Sahel's country's 3rd Military Region, a role he was appointed to last December, until Monday when he mounted a coup against President Roc Kabore
Burkina Faso's new strongman, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has had first-hand experience of the brutal jihadist insurgency that he cites as the pretext for seizing power.