{"id":3378,"date":"2023-09-28T11:53:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T11:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=3378"},"modified":"2023-09-28T11:53:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T11:53:08","slug":"burkina-faso-detains-four-officers-after-thwarted-coup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2023\/09\/28\/burkina-faso-detains-four-officers-after-thwarted-coup\/","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso detains four officers after thwarted coup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burkina Faso said on Thursday that four officers had been detained, a day after the military government announced it had thwarted a coup attempt.<\/span><\/p>\n

The four are suspected of involvement in a \u201cconspiracy against state security\u201d, military prosecutor Ahmed Ferdinand Sountoura said in a statement seen by AFP on Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two others are \u201con the run\u201d according to the statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

The junta said late on Wednesday that the intelligence and security services had foiled a coup attempt the previous day.<\/span><\/p>\n

The military government said it would seek to shed \u201call possible light on this plot\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

It comes nearly a year to the day since junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore seized power in the West African nation on September 30, 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

His takeover was the country\u2019s second coup in eight months \u2014 both triggered in part by discontent at failures to stem a raging jihadist insurgency, which swept in from neighbouring Mali in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

The military prosecutor has urged anyone with information that can \u201ccontribute to the manifestation of the truth to come to.<\/span><\/p>\n

Late on Tuesday, thousands of people had taken to the streets of the capital Ouagadougou following a call from Traore supporters to \u201cdefend\u201d him amid rumours of a coup on social media.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 \u2018Determination\u2019 \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n

Traore took to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Wednesday to stress his \u201cdetermination to lead the transition safely despite the adversity and different manoeuvres to stop our inexorable march towards assumed sovereignty\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

French language news outlet Jeune Afrique, which had recently published two articles about tensions within the military, saw its print and online operations suspended in Burkina Faso on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Burkinabe government accused the news oulet of seeking to \u201cdiscredit\u201d the military.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shortly after Traore\u2019s takeover, military prosecutors in December 2022 said there had been an attempt to \u201cdestabilise state institutions\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

And earlier this month, the country\u2019s military prosecutor said three soldiers had been arrested and charged with plotting against the ruling junta.<\/span><\/p>\n

Investigators had received a tipoff about \u201csoldiers and former soldiers working in intelligence\u201d who were scouting out the homes and other locations used by key figures in the junta, including Traore.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their goal was to \u201cdestabilise\u2026 the transition\u201d, it said, referring to a term used to describe interim military rule before promised elections.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burkina Faso, an impoverished landlocked country, saw Islamists sweep in from Mali in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n

More than 17,000 civilians, troops and police have since died, according to an NGO monitor.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over two million people have been forced to flee their homes, creating one of Africa\u2019s worst crises of internal displacement.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anger within the armed forces led to a coup on January 24, 2022, toppling elected president Roch Marc Christian Kabore.<\/span><\/p>\n

On September 30, Kabore\u2019s nemesis, Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, was himself overthrown by the 34-year-old Traore.<\/span><\/p>\n

Traore has promised a return to democracy with presidential elections by July 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burkina\u2019s military leaders earlier this month signed a mutual defence pact with counterparts in Mali and Niger.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Liptako-Gourma region \u2014 where the three countries\u2019 borders meet \u2014 has been ravaged by jihadism in recent years.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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