Burkina Faso's military government announced on Monday that it had foiled a coup attempt aimed at creating chaos in the country. Interim President Ibrahim Traore accused neighboring Ivory Coast of assisting the conspirators, naming two former army officers as masterminds. Security Minister Mahamadou Sana detailed the plans, which included an assault on the presidency scheduled for April 16, 2025. The junta, which gained power in 2022, has intensified repression of dissent, with reports of arrests and extrajudicial actions against perceived opponents, amid ongoing instability in the region.
The meticulous work of the intelligence service has uncovered a major plot being prepared against our country whose ultimate aim is to sow total chaos. According to the plan of the terrorist conspirators, the maneuver was to culminate in an assault on the presidency of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, April 16, 2025, by a group of soldiers recruited by the nation's enemies.
The brains outside the country are all located in Ivory Coast...especially mentioned two former army officers, Major Joanny Compaore and Lieutenant Abdramane Barry, as being among the masterminds of the alleged planned coup.
Since the junta under Traore's leadership took power in September 2022, it has increasingly cracked down on people it sees as hostile to its authority, with kidnappings and extrajudicial arrests the order of the day.
A dozen military personnel, including two officers, were arrested last week after junta supporters accused them of planning to destabilize the government, according to security sources.
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