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The latest captain to run the country wants militias, censorship and army discipline to save the nation from the jihadists, and he doesn’t want help, Military junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré is setting out his programme for victory in the war against militant jihadists, who have taken 40% of the country, killed thousands and caused 2.5 million to flee. The jihadists are also using the country as a springboard for attacks on Burkina Faso s neighbours, most recently Togo and Benin. ....
New leader Captain Traoré says security crisis forced his faction to seize power but it could work with Russia, Turkey or the US military, On 3 October, a day after he was confirmed in power in Ougadougou, new military leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré told a sceptical audience that he understood the urgency of the security crisis: We must move quickly and not be hindered by all kinds of red tape . ....
Pierre-Henri Damiba s military regime is managing the politics better than its war against the insurgents, Of the three military regimes in West Africa under pressure to hand over to civilians, Burkina Faso s junta led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is proving the most adept at navigating national and regional politics. ....
After a day of shooting in the capital, Lt Col Damiba takes over brandishing a resignation letter from the ousted leader, The military takeover in Ouagadougou, the third in West Africa in a year, is a challenge to neighbouring governments, especially Niger, and the region s wider security strategy. In different ways, jihadist insurgents linked to Al Qaida and Da ish (Islamic State or ISIS) and the Wagner Group have been boosted by the fall of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré s government on 24 January. ....
Amid increasingly deadly Islamist attacks, army reform is more urgent than ever and risks of a coup have risen, Reversing the spread of jihadist terrorist violence will be the dominant theme for Burkina Faso s government, especially as it has started to affect three of its four southern neighbours. President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré courts intense public anger over the lack of progress in the fight against terrorism, and even risks being ousted in an army coup if things do not improve. ....