Burkina Faso's self-declared military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore has accepted a conditional resignation offered by President Paul-Henri Damiba to avoid further violence after Friday's coup, religious and traditional leaders said on Sunday.
Burkina Faso President Paul-Henri Damiba is shown in this photo speaking during a news conference with Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara at the presidential palace in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, September 5, 2022. Damiba resigned after a military coup overthrew his government. REUTERS/Luc Gnago
Traore said earlier that order was being restored after violent protests against the French Embassy and days of fighting as his faction moved to topple the government. The French foreign ministry denied the base had hosted Damiba after his ouster on Friday. Damiba also denied he was at the base, saying the reports were a deliberate manipulation of public opinion.
"We invite you to continue with your activities and refrain from all acts of violence and vandalism... notably that against the French embassy and the French military base," the officer loyal to Traore said, urging people to remain calm.Damiba himself led a coup earlier this year against a civilian government that had lost support over rising violence by Islamist extremists.
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