Why Burkina Faso just had its second coup in 8 months

34-year-old Military captain Ibrahim Traore is Burkina Faso’s new chief.

Burkina Faso's new navy chief Ibrahim Traore is escorted by troopers in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso October 2, 2022. [Vincent Bado/Reuters]

On September 30, Captain Ibrahim Traore led a coup to turn out to be Burkina Faso’s new chief, deposing Paul Henri-Damiba, who had solely come to energy in January by his personal coup. So, what are the circumstances that allowed for the West African nation to face two coups in simply eight months?

On this episode: 

• Nicolas Haque, (@nicolashaque), Al Jazeera’s West Africa correspondent

Episode credit:

This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra with Amy Walters, Negin Owliaei, Ruby Zaman, Chloe Okay. Li, Alexandra Locke, and Halla Mohieddeen. Alex Roldan is our sound designer. Tim St. Clair combined this episode.

Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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