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| A military coup was thwarted in Burkina Faso |
| 2026-01-08 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited [Regnum] An attempted military coup in Burkina Faso has been thwarted. This was reported on January 7 by the French news radio station RFI. The Republic's Minister of Security, Mahamadou Sana, reported that the former transitional president, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, attempted to destabilize the country. He orchestrated a plot to assassinate President Ibrahim Traoré and several military and civilian officials. "This was supposed to be followed by an action to decommission the drone base and ground military intervention by external forces," Sana said. According to Sana, Damiba carried out the operation using funds from Côte d'Ivoire. The transfer involved 70 million African francs (9.8 million rubles). The conspirators' plan was thwarted on January 3. Those involved in the coup attempt were arrested. The minister did not name them for the sake of the investigation. These measures did not affect Damiba, who has been living in exile in Togo since another coup d'état ousted him in September 2022. Traoré then became president. Eight months earlier, in January 2022, Damiba came to power in another coup. Related: Burkina Faso: 2026-01-06 Home of the Torodi prefect, near the Burkinabé border in western Niger, was attacked Burkina Faso: 2026-01-03 17 soldiers killed in attack on Niger military position in Tillabéri Burkina Faso: 2025-12-31 Two African nations ban American citizens in diplomatic tit-for-tat following Trump admin move Related: Military coup 01/04/2026 Imperialism without retouching Military coup 12/19/2025 The Dangers of Undermining U.S. Civil–Military Relations Military coup 12/15/2025 Agony in the mouth of a boa constrictor |
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| Posted by: chris 2026-01-08 04:18 |