Caught between ambitions for a unified force and national realities, the Alliance of Sahel States is undergoing its first major test. The handling of the Malian crisis has laid bare the operational ...
ABUJA, Nigeria — As news emerged this week about hundreds of Burkina Faso citizens killed separately by both jihadi groups and government forces, images of Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim ...
At 34, Ibrahim Traoré seized global attention by toppling Burkina Faso's junta—the second coup in a year—vowing to reclaim sovereignty and reject colonial influence. Days later, he was sworn in as ...
Captain Ibrahim Traoré is the interim leader of Burkina Faso, having taken over the position following a coup which he led against Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Damiba in September 2022. The ...
Necklaces of Thomas Sankara and Ibrahim Traoré that are sold in front of the Thomas Sankara memorial in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. (Photos by Carmen Yasmine Abd Ali/For The Washington Post) The Post ...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — In one country after the next, African military officers have been drawn to power, scrapping Western-style democracies that they say have failed their nations. They are men ...
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