Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Captain Ibrahim Traore
Burkina Faso’s new navy chief Ibrahim Traore mentioned he would respect a democratic transition timeline agreed upon between his predecessor and West Africa regional bloc ECOWAS.
The feedback adopted a gathering with an ECOWAS delegation despatched to satisfy the junta that took energy final week within the second coup to hit the West African nation in 2022.
In a press release on Tuesday, Mr Traore mentioned Burkina Faso would “respect the dynamic compromise” agreed with ECOWAS in July to revive constitutional order in 24 months.
He additionally mentioned the nation would honour its worldwide commitments, notably concerning defending human rights and collaborating with ECOWAS analysis mechanisms.
The ECOWAS mediator that headed the delegation, former Niger president Mahamadou Issoufou mentioned he was glad with the exchanges.
Mr Traore led the coup that ousted navy chief Paul-Henri Damiba, who had seized energy in a earlier coup in January and promised ECOWAS to revive civilian rule by July 2024.
Each takeovers have been spurred by frustrations over rising insecurity brought on by a rampant Islamist insurgency that started in neighbouring Mali in 2012 and unfold to different nations south of the Sahara Desert.
1000’s have been killed in raids in rural communities, and thousands and thousands have been pressured to flee.
An Al Qaeda department this week claimed an assault that killed a minimum of 27 troopers in northern Burkina Faso days earlier than the coup unfolded.
(Reuters/NAN)
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