For the second time this year soldiers stage a coup in Burkina Faso

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It seems vanishingly unlikely that another coup will solve Burkina Faso’s problems. Greater instability seems more probable

the images of soldiers in a television studio on September 30th, some of them masked and bristling with guns , were almost indistinguishable from those broadcast in Burkina Faso in January, when the army overthrew an elected president, Roch Kaboré. Yet these were of a new coup, led by a group of junior officers.

Colonel Damiba raised expectations by suggesting in April that he would deliver results—such as making the country safer—within six months. Instead the army has floundered. Soldiers complain of inadequate kit and support.

The coup is likely to deepen Burkina Faso’s isolation from democratic neighbours such as Ivory Coast and Niger, whose help the country desperately needs to police its porous borders. Colonel Damiba had agreed only in July with, the regional bloc, to return Burkina Faso to civilian rule in March 2024. That deadline will surely be missed.

 

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Young military personnel trying to put their nation together....These jihadists where are they from? They are terrible...the security and the civilians should cooperate as a country and stop this transition thing to tackle the situation on ground.....

Young military personnel trying to put their nation together....These jihadists where are they from? They are terrible...the security and the civilians should cooperate as a country and stop this transition thing to tackle the situation on ground...

Why can’t I take this image seriously? It’s like a screen grab of a 1980’s BBC alternative comedy sketch show. I’m waiting for the punchline.

Never have staged a coup in my life. One for the bucket list.

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