The head of West Africa's regional bloc has expressed support for jihadist-hit Burkina Faso less than five months after an insurgency sparked by Islamist militants sparked a new coup, the Burkinabe government said.
Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, Britain, November 2, 2021. Adrian Dennis/Pool via REUTERS
Traore, 34, seized power on September 30 at the head of army officers angered at failures to roll back a bloody jihadist campaign. ECOWAS, a 15-member organisation which includes Burkina Faso, is struggling with a string of military coups in its region and an escalating jihadist insurgency in the Sahel.
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