After a day of fierce fighting in the capital of Ouagadougou, calm has returned with former president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba agreeing to step down.
Damiba was a victim of a coup d’etat, through which he came to power on January 24, 2022 after deposing then president Roc Marc Christian Kabore. Damiba was in power for 249 days.
The new leader of Burkina Faso is now 34-year-old Captain Ibrahim Traore as President of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration.
The leadership seat at Ouagadougou is one of the least safe in Africa as none of the country’s previous 14 leaders served his whole term. One – Thomas Sankara – was assassinated, and another, Blaise Compaore resigned.
All others were either overthrown by the military or forced to step down. The young new leader is the 15th to lead the former Upper Volta, now Burkina Faso.
DNT News with correspondence reports from Julius Ouya.
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