Burkina Faso Junta Announces Foiled Assassination Plot Against President Ibrahim Traoré
[NigerianEye - Nigeria] - 7/01/2026
The military government of Burkina Faso has declared that it successfully thwarted a sophisticated plot to assassinate Captain Ibrahim Traoré, the country's transitional president, and destabilize the nation.In a late-night televised address on January 6, 2026, Security Minister Mahamadou Sana revealed that intelligence services intercepted the operation in its final stages. The plot, allegedly orchestrated by former interim leader Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba who was ousted by Traoré in a 2022 coup involved plans to kill the president either by shooting him at close range (…)
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