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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Burkina Faso's junta leader promises security, order

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Burkina Faso’s new military leader said he was going to bring security and order back to the conflict-ridden nation and unite the country, but warned that betrayal wouldn’t be tolerated by the new regime.

Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, leader of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguarding and Restoration, spoke Thursday evening in his first public address to the nation since seizing power from President Roch Marc Christian Kabore earlier this week.

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