President Ibrahim Traoré has built up a reputation as an anti-imperialist stalwart in relentless propaganda targeting anglophone African states (AC Vol 66 No 9 Cracks appear in Traoré's YouTube persona)...

After meeting with military head of state Captain Ibrahim Traoré Kouyaté was tactful in his public remarks commenting merely on the importance of allowing citizens to move freely across the region...

Despite its deep political rift with the AES even France is trying to maintain pragmatic contact and targeted development support for civil society projects – except in Burkina Faso where the unilateral severing of all relations by Captain Ibrahim Traoré's regime in June angered officials in Paris...

He built on this immediately flying to Niamey and then Ouagadougou on 2 June for face-to-face talks with his Nigérien and Burkinabè counterparts General Tiani and Captain Ibrahim Traoré inviting both for reciprocal visits to Cotonou...

BURKINA FASO: Captain Traoré's regime is losing the security battle despite its militaristic posture Abandoning any pretence that his regime is a transitional bridge to even a distant restoration of elected multi-party politics Captain Ibrahim Traoré who seized power in a military takeover on 30 September 2022 now promises a Revolution Manifesto to set out its core social principles...

Konaté's breakthrough came with the October 2022 coup that brought Captain Ibrahim Traoré to power...

For the regime of Captain Ibrahim Traoré in Ouagadougou it is not only jihadists that pose a threat...

SlopagandaNone of the three AES leaders – General Assimi Goïta in Mali Captain Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso and General Abdourahmane Tiani in Niger admits he is losing a war (AC Vol 66 No 12 Jihadists hit harder as junta loses focus Vol 66 No 17 General Tiani tightens grip as regional rumblings grow louder & Vol 66 No 6 Captain Traoré digs in for a long stay)...

Some of the mystery about the emergency landing of a Nigerian Air Force C130 in Bobo-Dioulasso two days after the failed putsch was cleared up when Nigeria's Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar met with Burkina Faso's leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré in Ouagadougou on 17 December...