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<p>Ibrahim Traoré, who took power in 2022 coup, tells state broadcaster ‘we must tell the truth, democracy isn’t for us’</p><p>People in Burkina Faso should forget about democracy as it is “not for us”, the military president, Ibrahim Traoré, told the country’s state broadcaster.</p><p>Traoré took power in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/30/burkina-fasos-military-leader-ousted-in-second-coup-this-year">a coup in September 2022</a>, toppling another junta that had taken power just nine months earlier. He has since stifled opposition and in January banned political parties outright.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/people-burkina-faso-should-forget-about-democracy-military-ruler-ibrahim-traore">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Ibrahim Traoré, who took power in 2022 coup, tells state broadcaster ‘we must tell the truth, democracy isn’t for us’</p><p>People in Burkina Faso should forget about democracy as it is “not for us”, the military president, Ibrahim Traoré, told the country’s state broadcaster.</p><p>Traoré took power in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/30/burkina-fasos-military-leader-ousted-in-second-coup-this-year">a coup in September 2022</a>, toppling another junta that had taken power just nine months earlier. He has since stifled opposition and in January banned political parties outright.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/people-burkina-faso-should-forget-about-democracy-military-ruler-ibrahim-traore">Continue reading...</a>