Prime

Irony of West Africa coups over cycle of jihadist violence

Burkina Faso junta leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré.

Burkina Faso junta leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré (centre), parades in the streets of Ouagadougou. He was appointed president on October 5, 2022 after the country’s second coup in less than nine months. PHOTO | AFP

By  Kemo Cham

Contributor

Nation Media Group

Burkinabe thought their coup leader Lt-Col Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba would lead them to a civilian government. He didn’t last.

On September 30, Damiba was toppled, just eight months after he had led a coup against President Roc Marc Christian Kabore.

Related

Be the First to Know

Get the stories shaping East Africa — delivered straight to your inbox

Conflict

  1. Explainer: Why new war in Ethiopia’s Tigray threatens to trigger wider conflict

  2. Ethiopia, Sudan junta bicker again over RSF support claims

  3. PRIME East Africa’s oil rivalry is missing the bigger energy security question

  4. PRIME Why US proposal to expand Sudan arms embargo is stirring debate

Latest

  1. Eritrea cuts ties with Ethiopia over Asmara embassy closure

  2. Ethiopian forces near Tigray capital, fears grow of wider conflict

  3. PRIME Uganda ends mandatory yellow fever card rule for travellers

  4. PRIME Fiery granny who wants to be ‘Jozi’ mayor at 75

In the headlines

View All