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, announced planned changes to the constitution to make it representative of the masses, declaring Friday, on state TV, that
When Traore seized power he gave himself “two to three months” to improve security in Burkina Faso, but one year on, jihadist attacks still blight the West African nation.
At 34, Traore was the world’s youngest leader when he was sworn in as interim president, vowing to win back territory and support a transition leading to elections in July 2024.
Burkina Faso said on Thursday that four officers had been detained a day after the military government announced it had thwarted a coup attempt.
The junta said late on Wednesday that the intelligence and security services had foiled the attempt the previous day.
The military government said it would seek to shed “all possible light on this plot”.
elections are not a prior
Source: Africanews