Burkina Faso's Ex-President Arrested Over Traore Assassination Plot | Africa Insight 89 | N18G

Описание: A fresh power struggle is unfolding across West Africa as Burkina Faso says it has foiled an alleged assassination and coup plot targeting Captain Ibrahim Traoré. Reports indicate former leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was detained in Togo and returned to Burkina Faso amid claims he helped coordinate the operation from abroad.

According to Burkina Faso’s authorities, the alleged plan included attempts to eliminate senior junta figures and disrupt a strategic drone facility used in counterinsurgency operations—an element that would have severely weakened the country’s rapid-response capability. Investigators also claim an internal component: a senior air force officer allegedly confessed to involvement and to receiving payments linked to the plot.

The case has triggered wider regional tension after allegations surfaced that some financing may have passed through Ivory Coast—claims that Abidjan denies. While Burkina Faso says the threat has been neutralized and arrests are ongoing, analysts warn the risk of further instability remains high in a Sahel region already on edge.

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