Burkina Faso coup leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore participates in a ceremony in Ouagadougou, October 15, 2022
BURKINA FASO’S military leadership may stay in place for the next five years, according to a charter agreed at the weekend.
Colonel Moussa Diallo, who chaired the organising committee of a “national dialogue process,” said: “The duration of the transition [to an elected government] is fixed at 60 months from July 2, 2024.”
The dialogue in Ouagadougou involved civil society representatives, security and military officials and legislators in the transitional assembly, itself composed of representatives from different sectors as well as traditional and religious leaders.
NICHOLAS MWANGI highlights a historic turning point in Sahelian sovereignty, as Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger bolstered their regional security through a unified military force
PRABHAT PATNAIK details the epochal shift of political power from Western neocolonialists to the people
ROGER McKENZIE explains how Ibrahim Traore has sparked the flames of hope across Africa, while the Western powers seek to extinguish all attempts to build true sovereignty in the long-exploited continent