Ibrahim Traoré

On 3 October a day after he was confirmed in power in Ouagadougou new military leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré told a sceptical audience that he understood the urgency of the security crisis: 'We must move quickly and not be hindered by all kinds of red tape'...

A CAPTAIN IN SANKARA'S FOOTSTEPS Aged 34 Captain Ibrahim Traoré seized power when he was just a year older than his role model and fellow captain Thomas Sankara who staged his coup in 1983 and changed the course of his nation's history (AC Vol 62 No 10 Sankara's ghost)...

Not at the press conference at the Kati barracks but believed to have played a role in what the putschists call the 'resignation' of IBK are three further influential figures: Colonel Mama Sékou Lelenta about whom little is known; General Cheick Fanta Mady Dembélé; and Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Traoré...

Not at the press conference at the Kati barracks but believed to have played a role in what the putschists call the 'resignation' of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta are three further influential figures: Colonel Mama Sékou Lelenta about whom little is known; General Cheick Fanta Mady Dembélé; and Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Traoré...