Traore officially named Burkina Faso president after coup

Ouagadougou (AFP) Oct 5, 2022

Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement, after the West African country's second coup in less than nine months. The impoverished Sahel nation plunged into renewed turmoil at the weekend when Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba - who had seized power in January - was toppled by newly emerged rival Traore, l