But his spirit lives on in Burkina Faso’s latest military ruler, Ibrahim Traoré, an army captain who took power in a coup in 2022 at the age of 34. At home Mr Traoré is trying to stem the spread of ...

The 37-year-old military officer emerged as Burkina Faso’s interim leader following the September 2022 coup d’état that ousted interim president Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.