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...

When a Nigerian air force C-130 made an emergency landing at Bobo-Dioulasso in northern Burkina Faso on 8 December allies of junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré were quick to claim the plane had been seized after entering Burkinabè air space without permission...

On 16 September he briefly visited Ouagadougou for talks with Burkina Faso's military leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré...

Instead Captain Ibrahim Traoré who seized power in September 2022 has brought in another Russian group known as the Bears Brigade linked to Redut military contractors to protect his regime (AC Vol 64 No 19 Kremlin ponders its post-Wagner options)...

The latest round of arrests in Mali amid reports of a planned putsch on 10 August looks unlikely to change the centralisation of power in Bamako or in the neighbouring states – under Captain Ibrahim Traoré in Burkina Faso and General Abdourahamane Tiani in Niger...