The leader of Burkina Faso announced that a plot to eliminate the government had been uncovered.

Burkina Faso’s transitional president, Ibrahim Traoré, said the country’s intelligence services have uncovered a plot by terrorist groups and military personnel to eliminate the country’s transitional government, the national news agency reported.

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“Captain Ibrahim Traoré confirmed on Tuesday that he had uncovered plans to target the leaders of the transition period, initiated by the GSF (defense and security forces) in complicity with terrorists and officers in exile,” the media write.

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Traoré also noted that some GSS officers had been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the plot, and called on the population to remain calm – the situation, he said, was under control.

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At the end of September 2022, a group of military officers in Burkina Faso, led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, announced the removal of the head of the country’s transitional government, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damib, the suspension of the constitution and the dissolution of the government.