Coup in Burkina Faso: what next after ouster of President Kaboré?
By France24
24 January 2022 |
7:48 pm
Saying they feel exposed in the face of an Islamist insurgency rampant across the Sahel region, soldiers have taken to national television to confirm the ousting of President Kaboré. But what will a coup change in yet another poor, landlocked nation where radicals seem to prey on the vulnerabilities borne of population growth in the countryside?
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