Contemporary era · 2022
September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
A coup d'état took place in Burkina Faso on 30 September 2022, removing Interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba over his alleged inability to deal with the country's Islamist insurgency. Damiba had come to power in a coup d'état eight months earlier. Captain Ibrahim Traoré took over as interim leader.
- When
- 30 Sept 2022
- Where
- Ouagadougou
- Era
- Contemporary
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