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Said to have been a shy but intelligent boy in school, Burkina Faso s Capt Ibrahim Traoré has become the latest military officer to seize power in a coup in one of France s former colonies in West Africa.
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President Roch Marc Christian Kabore faced demands Thursday for tougher action against Burkina Faso's jihadist insurgency, a day after the crisis claimed the political scalp of the prime minister.