Coup Attempt In Burkina Faso Thwarted

A group of soldiers in Burkina Faso attempted to overthrow the government of Captain Ibrahim Traoré.

The coup attempt was thwarted, and the soldiers involved were arrested.

Narrating the ordeal, the spokesman for the Traoré regime, Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo in a statement said, “The dark intention of attacking the institutions of the Republic and plunging our country in chaos… investigations will help unmask the instigators of this plot.” “Officers and other alleged actors involved in this attempt at destabilisation have been arrested and others are actively sought,” Ouedraogo added. Ouedraogo in his statement continued, “credible allegations about a plot against state security implicating officers. "We regret that officers whose oath is to defend their homeland have strayed into an undertaking of this nature, which aims to hinder the Burkinabe people’s march for sovereignty and total liberation from the terrorist hordes trying to enslave them.”

The coup attempt was the second in Burkina Faso in less than a year. In January 2022, Traoré led a coup that overthrew the government of Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba.

The coup attempts are a sign of the instability in Burkina Faso, which has been plagued by violence and political unrest for many years. The country is also facing a jihadist insurgency that has displaced millions of people.