Article

2023-10-02 Africa North

Burkina Faso: 'elections not a priority compared to security', says military leader

[AFRICANEWS] Almost a year after seizing power in a coup, Captain Ibrahim Traore, who had promised a return to presidential elections by July 2024, in Burkina Faso

...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president used to be Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and was chased out in 2014. Now it's the usual army officer type guy, Captain Ibrahim Traore, running things, who's just doing a bang-up job...
, announced planned changes to the constitution to make it representative of the masses, declaring Friday, on state TV, that elections are not a priority.

'It’s not a priority, clearly, security is the priority", stated Captain Traore.

Burkinabé authorities, on Thursday, said that four officers were tossed into the calaboose a day after the military government announced it had thwarted a coup attempt.

The junta disclosed late on Wednesday that the intelligence and security services had foiled the attempt the previous day.

The military government has vowed to shed all possible light on this plot.

Posted by Fred 2023-10-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top
File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

09:11 Mercutio
09:07 AlmostAnonymous5839
08:52 Matt
08:24 Matt
08:20 SteveS
07:43 Procopius2k
07:42 BrerRabbit
07:42 Procopius2k
07:39 Procopius2k
07:36 Procopius2k
07:35 Procopius2k
07:34 trailing wife
07:31 Procopius2k
07:30 NN2N1
07:22 NN2N1
07:18 trailing wife
07:14 Richard Aubrey
07:10 NN2N1
07:09 Besoeker
07:03 NN2N1
06:58 NN2N1
06:58 Besoeker
05:28 Whiskey Mike
05:23 Whiskey Mike