US Edition‘The Cult of Saint Traoré’: How a Russia-Backed Junta Leader Became an Icon
BURKINA FASO, MAY 10 – Captain Ibrahim Traoré prioritizes security over elections amid a decade-long Islamist insurgency and regional realignments involving Mali and Niger, with 21% of the population having electricity access.
- Interim President Ibrahim Traoré told Burkina24 `It is impossible to name a country that has developed in democracy` and `Democracy is only the end result`, arguing elections await security.
- Since 2015, jihadist insurgencies have displaced over two million people, prompting the junta to postpone elections scheduled for June 2024 after talks were boycotted by the opposition.
- Over 90,000 civilians signed up to defend communities, as Burkina Faso ended military ties with France and sought alliances with Russia and Turkey.
- Following the junta's May 2024 power extension, the IMF and World Bank praised Burkina Faso's robust revenue gains and increased social spending despite ongoing security challenges.
- More broadly, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger formed the Alliance of the Sahel States in 2023, nationalized gold reserves and built a domestic refinery in 2024.
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Burkina Faso: 'elections not a priority compared to security', says military leader
Almost a year after seizing power in a coup, Captain Ibrahim Traore, who had promised a return to presidential elections by July 2024, in Burkina Faso, announced planned changes to the constitution to make it representative of the masses, declaring Friday, on state TV, that elections are not a prior
If the company's management puts forward an economic argument to justify its decision, it is intimately linked to the political and security context of eastern Burkina Faso, where the jihadist threat has forced people to leave cotton fields and go to the big cities.
The West African State of Burkina Faso, one of the poorest in the world, after a military coup in September 2022, when former Captain Ibrahim Traoré took power, quickly turned into an open ally of Russia and the enemy of the West, largely as a result of the work of the Kremlin propaganda and disinformation machine, which is increasingly active throughout the African continent.
In power since his coup d'état in 2022, the putschist captain enjoys a significant digital mesh thanks to the support of his relatives, local and Russian actors.
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