OUAGADOUGOU – The new military leader of Burkina Faso has promised a return to the normal constitutional order “when the conditions are right.”Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba led a mutiny that ousted President Roch Kaboré on Monday. He blamed the president for failing to contain violence by Islamist militants.He made his first national speech since taking power on the eve of an emergency summit of West African leaders, called in response to the coup.Burkina Faso is the third West African country to witness a military takeover in the past year. Guinea and Mali have had sanctions imposed on them by regional bloc Ecowas to press them to return to constitutional order.Wearing a red beret and army fatigues, Lt-Col Damiba, 41, said: “When the conditions are right, according to the deadline that our people will define in all sovereignty, I commit to a return to a normal constitutional order.” He said he will meet representatives of various sections of […]
Burkina Faso new leader Damiba gives first speech
