But this evening, a group of armed soldiers appeared on the state TV to announce a takeover according to multiple reports. This was the second time Goita had grabbed power, he emerged as the coup leader when late President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita was removed in 2020 on the back of mass protests arising largely from insecurity. Burkina Faso recorded a coup on Monday, January 24, 2022. Watch the address (in French) of the coup leader below:It’s now official: there is a #coup within a coup in #BurkinaFaso. Little is known about coup leader Ibrahim Traoré.

Source: GhanaWeb October 01, 2022 07:24 UTC