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Ibrahim Traore declared Burkina Faso president after coup

Soldiers loyal to Traore rally in the streets of the capital Ouagadougou [File: Kilaye Bationo/AP]

Captain Ibrahim Traore has been appointed as president of Burkina Faso after Paul-Henri Damiba was removed in the West African country’s second coup in less than nine months.

The Sahel country plunged into political turmoil on September 30 after a group of officers decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to deal with a worsening armed uprising, dissolved the transitional government and suspended the constitution.

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