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It's now official: Capt. #Traoré is transition president in #BurkinaFaso, a direct result of the 'assises', an assembly of some 300 delegates, adopting tonight a new transition charter stating the head of ruling MPSR junta is also transition president. Why is this significant?𧔠
2/ First, while #Traoré's nomination was in recent days a foregone conclusion, it wasn't always so: since day 1 of the #BurkinaFaso coup, he had stressed the transition leader could be a civilian, and that he had no interest himself in ruling. So what has changed in the meantime?
3/ One interpretation is that it was always the plan. Another, that #Traoré realised he could easily be sidelined if he did not make himself president. Following the rebooted junta's 1st speech on state TV on 30 Sept, #Traoré faced pushback in streets of #Ouagadougou from ...
In video statement recorded yday & circulating today, #Damiba addresses #BurkinaFasoCoup for 1st time since it began on Friday. He highlights 26 Sept attack on GaskindĂ© convoy as one of the sparks for the coup, leading to âtensions, misunderstandings & criticismâ. GaskindĂ© was âŠ
2/ ⊠to some extent the Inata of this coup - the spark that lit up the fuel that was e.g. growing frustration over choice of intâl security partners; worsening security situation; Zoungranaâs continued imprisonment; perception #Damiba had become a âcivilian politicianâ
Itâs now official: there is a #coup within a coup in #BurkinaFaso. Little is known about coup leader Ibrahim TraorĂ©. What we do know is that the coup came amid spiralling tensions within #MPSR. Hereâs a look at the main points from tonightâs announcement and what led to this đ§”
1/ Damiba has been toppled by coup plotters who claim to belong to the #MPSR. Unclear at this stage where Damiba is. Sources mentioned earlier he had been arrested and negotiations revolved around the conditions of his departure from power
2/ Cpt. Ibrahim TraorĂ© is the new #MPSR president. He was named Chef dâArtillerie du DixiĂšme RĂ©giment de Commandement dâAppui et de Soutien by Damiba in March 2022, but little else is known about him at this stage
#Mutiny and clashes in #BurkinaFaso still underway. Are we seeing a #coup within a coup - if so who is behind it? Much is unclear, but the presidency announced earlier on social media it is negotiating with mutineers. How did we get here are what are they likely to talk about?đ§”
2/ In recent weeks, discontentđwithin the army. Some see #Damiba as having become more of a politician than the military leader they were hoping for & see him as having failed to deliver on his security promises. 26 Sept convoy attack in #GaskindĂ© sparked furtherđin frustration
3/ As security forces suffer recurring losses, the dynamic could be similar to Nov 2021, when the high death toll of the Inata attack against sec forces and the news that they were ill-equipped and supplied sparked anger and discontent in the ranks
