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Burkina Faso’s new junta leader said that it was committed to holding the election by 2024 or even on an earlier date. The recent coup is a setback to the ECOWAS, which was negotiating with the country’s previous junta for an early settlement of the election issue.
Burkina Faso’s new junta leader said that it was committed to holding the election by 2024 or even on an earlier date. The recent coup is a setback to the ECOWAS, which was negotiating with the country’s previous junta for an early settlement of the election issue. Burkina Faso’s latest coup has raised fears that the country’s political chaos could produce more violence from the region’s Islamic extremists.
ECOWAS had reached an agreement with ousted leader Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba to hold a new vote by July 2024. Damiba, who himself had seized power in a coup early this year, agreed to resign and left for the neighboring nation of Togo. The new leader Traore said the goal of an election by July 2024 is still possible.
A visit from an ECOWAS delegation was to visit Burkina Faso. Now it appears, the delegation’s visit has been put off. Burkina Faso’s last democratically elected president was overthrown by Damiba in January on the ground that his government had not been able to stop extremist attacks. Despite that, killings and atrocities by the Jihadists continue.
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However, the jihadi violence, which has killed thousands and forced 2 million people to flee their homes, continued and has now brought an end to Damiba’s tenure, too. In recent days, Traore’s followers have waved Russian flags and called for military support to help fight the jihadis. In as neighboring Mali, Russia’s Wagner Group is very active. The Russian mercenary forces have been accused of human rights abuses and some fear their involvement in Burkina Faso would only make things worse.
