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Burkina Faso Military Rule Extended For Five Years

Burkina Faso's junta leader Ibrahim Traore, left, with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Saint Petersburg in July 2023 (Credit: AFP)

Burkina Faso's military regime, in power since a 2022 coup, will extend its rule for five years under an accord adopted during national consultations on Saturday, the talks' chairman said.

"The duration of the transition is fixed at 60 months from July 2, 2024," Colonel Moussa Diallo, chairman of the organising committee of the national dialogue process, said after the talks.

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