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Burkina Faso's Second Coup in Nine Months Bodes Ill for Regional Security

Oct 3, 2022 | 18:34 GMT

The new self-proclaimed leader of the military junta ruling Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traore (C), on Oct. 2, 2022, in the Burkinabe capital of Ouagadougou.
The new self-proclaimed leader of the military junta ruling Burkina Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traore (C), on Oct. 2, 2022, in the Burkinabe capital of Ouagadougou.

(IDRISSA OUEDRAOGO, ADAMA OUEDRAOGO/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images)

Burkina Faso's new military junta is unlikely to curb rising insecurity, while fraying ties with France could worsen the regional threat of jihadism....

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