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34-Year-Old Set To Be Sworn In As President In Burkina Faso

October 20, 2022 5:42 am

The young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore will on Friday be inaugurated as interim president, according to a statement made public by the constitutional council.

The 34-year-old Captain Ibrahim Traore, was the one that led the disgruntled junior officers last month in the second coup in eight months to hit the jihadist-torn west African country.

Junta members had already disclosed that he would take over the role of transitional president, however, the official investiture will happen on Friday.

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The constitutional council …

Malian Parliament Approves 5-Year Democratic Transition Plan

February 21, 2022 2:01 pm

Mali’s lawmakers on Monday announced the approval of a plan that would allow the military junta to rule for up to five years, despite regional sanctions earlier imposed on the country over delayed elections.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that after staging a coup in the impoverished Sahel state sometime in August 2020, the country’s military rulers initially promised to stage a vote in February 2022.

But in December last year, the junta proposed staying in power for between six months and five years, citing security concerns.

In response, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) last month …

ECOWAS Threatens More Sanctions Against Mali Junta

December 14, 2021 12:23 am

West African leaders have threatened further sanctions against Mali within weeks if the country’s junta makes fails to make ‘concrete progress’ toward holding democratic elections in February as earlier promised.

The latest threat came Sunday after the regional bloc known as ECOWAS held a summit in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, amid mounting concern that Mali’s coup leader is failing to make sufficient election preparations.

Speaking to reporters yesterday, ECOWAS commission president Jean-Claude Kassi Brou explained that the additional sanctions would be put in place starting Jan. 1.

The decision is the latest in a series of moves launched by the regional …

Sudan military warns opposition over planned protest rally

Sudan’s military junta suspends talks with protesters

May 15, 2019 9:46 pm

Sudan’s military rulers on Wednesday suspended crucial talks with protesters on installing civilian rule, insisting that negotiations will resume only after demonstrators remove roadblocks put up in parts of Khartoum, protest leaders said.

The suspension came after at least eight people were reported wounded by gunshots near a sit-in in the capital, shortly before decisive talks were to be held between the ruling military council and the protest leaders on a transitional governing body.

Army generals and protest leaders were expected to finalise the make-up of a new body to govern Sudan for three years, the thorniest issue in installing …