Burkina Faso military leader Traore says ‘forget democracy’

Author: Al Jazeera StaffPublished on: April 3, 2026Country: Burkina Faso
Politics
Burkina Faso military leader Traore says ‘forget democracy’

Burkina Faso's military leader, Ibrahim Traore, stated that people need to 'forget' about democracy, just three months after his government dissolved all political parties. In a state television interview, he referenced Libya as an example of a country where democracy was imposed by outsiders, leading to violence. Traore claimed that 'democracy kills' and expressed a departure from his government's initial promises to return to a democratic path.

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