Deposed military leader of Burkina Faso Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba sits as he attends his sworn in ceremony for a second time as president to lead a three-year transition after a national conference approved a transitional charter in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso March 2, 2022. [Photo by REUTERS]OUAGADOUGOU (REUTERS) – Burkina Faso army Captain Ibrahim Traore has ousted military leader Paul-Henri Damiba and dissolved the government and suspended the constitution and transitional charter, he said in a statement read on national television Friday evening.
Traore said a group of officers had decided to remove Damiba due to his inability to deal with a worsening Islamist insurgency.
He announced that borders were closed indefinitely and that all political and civil society activities were suspended.
It is the second takeover in eight months for the West African state.
Damiba took power in a coup in January that ousted former President Roch Kabore, also due in part to frustration over the worsening insecurity.
![Deposed military leader of Burkina Faso Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba sits as he attends his sworn in ceremony for a second time as president to lead a three-year transition after a national conference approved a transitional charter in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso March 2, 2022. [Photo by REUTERS]](https://i0.wp.com/www.sudanspost.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/C3QFU5GX7VLFZE66UHNW7EHO3I.jpg?resize=537%2C300&ssl=1)
