Burkina Faso Coup leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré extends military regime by 5 years after national consultations
Burkina Faso’s military regime, in power since a 2022 coup, will extend its rule for five years under an accord adopted during national consultations on Saturday.
“The duration of the transition is fixed at 60 months from July 2, 2024,” Colonel Moussa Diallo, chairman of the organising committee of the national dialogue process, said after the talks.
He added that coup leader and acting president Ibrahim Traore can run in any elections at the end of the transition period.
The army has governed Burkina Faso since 2022, carrying out two coups that it justified in large part due to the country’s persistent insecurity.