Burkina Faso’s ousted coup chief has provided his resignation so long as his security is assured, and the brand new junta chief who overthrew him has accepted the deal, based on mediators.
junta spokesman later introduced on state tv that its chief, Captain Ibrahim Traore, had been formally named head of state following Friday’s coup within the West African nation that ousted Lt Col Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba.
The junta’s energy seize marked Burkina Faso’s second navy coup this yr, deepening fears that the political chaos might divert consideration from an Islamic insurgency whose violence has killed 1000’s and compelled two million to flee their houses.
It adopted unrest within the capital Ouagadougou, by which mobs attacked the French embassy and different French-associated websites on Saturday, wrongly believing they have been sheltering Lt Col Damiba.
Together with agreeing to not hurt or prosecute him, Lt Col Damiba additionally requested Capt Traore and the brand new junta management to respect the commitments already made to the West African regional bloc ECOWAS.
Lt Col Damiba, who got here to energy in a coup final January, had just lately agreed to carry an election by 2024.
“President Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba proposed his personal resignation with a purpose to keep away from clashes,” mentioned Hamidou Yameogo, a spokesman for the mediation efforts by non secular leaders.
Capt Traore accepted the situations, the leaders mentioned, however there was no fast affirmation by Lt Col Damiba himself of an official resignation. His whereabouts have remained unknown because the coup on Friday evening.
Amid the mediation, the brand new junta management additionally known as for an finish to the unrest.