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Togo says it has extradited Burkina Faso’s former junta leader
Paul-Henri Damiba was extradited by Togo on charges including embezzlement and plotting coups against Burkina Faso's current military government, officials said.
- On Tuesday, Togolese authorities said they extradited Paul‑Henri Sandaogo Damiba to Burkina Faso after a request from the military government; Damiba was arrested on Jan. 16 and taken to the airport before being expelled.
- Damiba seized power in 2022 by ousting Roch Marc Christian Kaboré and governed until September 2022 before Ibrahim Traoré deposed him; he has lived in exile in Togo since.
- Alleged co‑conspirators on state television in Burkina Faso linked Paul‑Henri Sandaogo Damiba to plots, while security officials say he planned targeted assassinations and is wanted on embezzlement and incitement charges.
- The extradition underscores a wave of coups across the Sahel since 2020, with Burkina Faso among three junta‑led West African countries that have broken away from the Economic Community of West African States.
- Sources said Monday Paul‑Henri Sandaogo Damiba was arrested in Lomé and expelled, and earlier this month the Burkina Faso junta said it foiled a coup and alleged Damiba's involvement.
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·South Africa
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Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who had taken power in 2022 before being overthrown in his turn the same year, is regularly accused by the Burkinab junta of fomenting new coups d'état.
·Paris, France
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In exile in Lomé since he was driven out of power in Ouagadougou, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been in the collimator of the Burkina Faso authorities for months. Would he have been extradited? This is in any case what his relatives claim.
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