After the armed coup in Burkina Faso, three presidents?
Another point on the world map, marked by an armed coup, was a country like Burkina Faso. It is a state located in western Africa, with a population of about 20 million people. On the eve it was announced that President Blaise Compaore had resigned under pressure from the local military and left the country. Compaore has held the presidency of Burkina Faso since 1987.
According to the French edition Le Figaro, Blaise Compaore replaced General Honore Traore as president.
The appearance of Honore Traore, who declared himself the new head of state, did not arouse much enthusiasm among the representatives of the opposition, who were plotting a coup. Apparently, Traore is not the man whom the demonstrators saw at the head of Burkina Faso. There have been calls for the overthrow of Traore too. The reason was that Traore was close to the former president of the country.
The situation was tried to "defuse" another representative of the Ministry of Defense of the country - Colonel Isaac Zida. Zida also decided to declare himself head of state, while in an interview with local television, stating that the government was not at all usurped by the military. According to him, as soon as the situation calms down, “governments of national consensus” will begin to form in order to carry out a “peaceful transition to democracy.”
So, in Burkina Faso are now two presidents, and both are military? Or even three, if you continue to consider Compaore the legitimate head of the country ...
French journalists called it a victory for the people of Burkina Faso.
For reference: Burkina Faso is among the poorest countries in Africa. The main production - agricultural products: the cultivation of cotton, corn and peanuts. The literacy rate here is one of the lowest in the world - 22% of the population have reading and writing skills. In Burkina Faso (according to scientists' estimates) large reserves of gold, nickel, titanium and manganese are located.
It is hardly possible to be surprised if Western companies appear in the country "helping the people of Burkina Faso" in developing the gold-bearing subsoil ...
According to the French edition Le Figaro, Blaise Compaore replaced General Honore Traore as president.
The appearance of Honore Traore, who declared himself the new head of state, did not arouse much enthusiasm among the representatives of the opposition, who were plotting a coup. Apparently, Traore is not the man whom the demonstrators saw at the head of Burkina Faso. There have been calls for the overthrow of Traore too. The reason was that Traore was close to the former president of the country.
The situation was tried to "defuse" another representative of the Ministry of Defense of the country - Colonel Isaac Zida. Zida also decided to declare himself head of state, while in an interview with local television, stating that the government was not at all usurped by the military. According to him, as soon as the situation calms down, “governments of national consensus” will begin to form in order to carry out a “peaceful transition to democracy.”
So, in Burkina Faso are now two presidents, and both are military? Or even three, if you continue to consider Compaore the legitimate head of the country ...
French journalists called it a victory for the people of Burkina Faso.
For reference: Burkina Faso is among the poorest countries in Africa. The main production - agricultural products: the cultivation of cotton, corn and peanuts. The literacy rate here is one of the lowest in the world - 22% of the population have reading and writing skills. In Burkina Faso (according to scientists' estimates) large reserves of gold, nickel, titanium and manganese are located.
It is hardly possible to be surprised if Western companies appear in the country "helping the people of Burkina Faso" in developing the gold-bearing subsoil ...
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