Because of a coup d’etat that toppled a coup leader on September 30, 2022, Burkina Faso currently has the youngest president on the continent.
Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who had orchestrated a coup against democratically elected Christian Roch Marc Kabore, served as the country’s military ruler from January 2022 until the last day of September 2022.
Through a coup, he was forced to exit through the same door he entered through. Captain Ibrahim Traore enters when Sandaogo Damiba leaves.
The age of Traore is 34. twice as old as the majority of political and regal leaders in Africa.
He took over as movement head after his predecessor announced his resignation late on Sunday, October 2, and is a part of the MPSR (Patriotic Movement for Safeguarding and Restoration), the coup vehicle that ousted Damiba.
Who is Captain Ibrahim Traore?
The new head of state of the West African country, which is waging war against terrorism and was the claimed justification for the previous two coups, was profiled in French by a local media outlet called O Medias. Abdoul Fhatave Tiemtoré is the author of the essay.
Ibrahim Traoré, the MPSR’s new president, is a 34-year-old captain who has a reputation for being “extremely intelligent” from an early age, according to the author’s writing.
He received his early education in the southernmost province of Mouhoun, near the town of Bondokuy. He received both his basic school diploma and his undergraduate degree there.
He continued on and attended the Accart-ville de Bobo mixed high school in Bobo-Dioulasso.
A former classmate attests that he was “extremely brilliant” and “very quiet and reticent.”
Another child who was “extremely quiet” is remembered by members of the Association of Muslim Students and Pupils of Burkina (AEEMB).
The youthful Ibrahim Traoré travelled to the city, Ouagadougou, to complete his education at the Joseph Ki-Zerbo University after receiving his bachelor in 2006.
Ibrahim Traoré enlisted in the army in 2010. In 2012, he received his initial stripes.
He was appointed by the 1st military region as a second lieutenant to the artillery regiment, which was headquartered in Kaya in the Center-North area. He advanced quickly, becoming a captain in 2020 after becoming a lieutenant in 2014.
He was appointed the artillery regiment’s chief in March of 2022, the year the MPSR came to power. He is reputed to be an active individual who commands the respect of his soldiers.
Additionally, Captain Ibrahim Traoré demonstrated his abilities while serving for seven months in the Eastern region’s military operation Otapuanu in 2019.
Additionally, he participated in multiple missions in the northern sector of the theater of operations as well as the Sahel region with the Markoye detachment.
As of October 2, he has the backing of the military hierarchy to lead the nation in the fight against terrorists who are running amok in some parts of the country. He assisted in the installation of the deposed Damiba on January 24.
Can he succeed where a democratically elected official and a high-ranking military official failed so quickly? They claim that time will tell.
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