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Ibrahim Traore: Why Burkina Faso’s popular leader faces a reality test

Traore’s sovereignty message has won support across Africa, but his record at home faces scrutiny.
Newsday

Africa's youngest leader, a friend of Russia, is celebrated by some and criticized by others

ABUJA, Nigeria — As news emerged this week about hundreds of Burkina Faso citizens killed separately by both jihadi groups and government forces, images of Burkina Faso’s junta leader Capt. Ibrahim ...
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Why do the West want Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré deposed – or dead?

Burkina Faso’s young revolutionary leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has suddenly become one of the biggest political issues in the world, especially in Africa, trending regularly on social media and ...
The Washington Post

How a little-known coup leader became a Pan-African hero

Necklaces of Thomas Sankara and Ibrahim Traoré that are sold in front of the Thomas Sankara memorial in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. (Photos by Carmen Yasmine Abd Ali/For The Washington Post) The Post ...