Captain Ibrahim Traoré the military leader in Burkina Faso makes ambitious pronouncements but has presided over the loss of control of about two-thirds of the country...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré's junta in Ouagadougou has revised Burkina Faso's mining code nationalising gold projects and beefing up ties with Russia (AC Vol 64 No 3 West Africa's juntas look east)...

Junta leader Capitain Ibrahim Traoré a fierce loyalist to Russia's President Vladimir Putin brought in Russian forces to counter the insurgents but now faces multiple threats to his rule...

He stressed the importance of dialogue and visited the Malian leader Colonel Assimi Goïta and Burkina Faso's Captain Ibrahim Traoré before the bloc's 7 July summit had officially named him as facilitator in the region (Dispatches 9/7/24 The juntas take on the civilian presidents)...

With by far the highest number of casualties in the Sahel region Ibrahim Traoré's regime looks under increasing pressure...

But instead of saving West Africa's oldest airline the junta of Captain Ibrahim Traoré had other plans...

The standing of Burkina Faso's transitional leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré who seized power in September has hit a new low...

These were earmarked both for operations to tackle the Katiba Hanifa and to protect Captain Ibrahim Traoré from dissident elements in the Burkina military...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré's belligerent rhetoric and praise for Russia's military backing isn't working on the ground...

Soro's friendly encounter in Burkina Faso with the increasingly erratic and repressive junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré was regarded with the most suspicion in Abidjan and Yamoussoukro...