Burkina Faso junta leader agrees to quit after mutiny
03 October 2022 |
8:22 pm
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba offered his resignation, two days after junior military officers rebelled against his rule. The West African country is experiencing a coup within a coup after January's military takeover.
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