Why Washington is Worried About Burkina Faso’s Young Revolutionary Leader
Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is remaking his nation, and in the process, making enemies in the West. Since taking power in 2022, the young military leader has expelled French troops, ejected Western corporations, and aligned his country with Russia, Cuba, and Venezuela.
Promoting pan-African unity and national self-reliance while surviving coup attempts, Traoré is positioning himself as a radical anti-imperialist and has drawn fire from Washington and Paris. MintPress News explores the project underway in Ouagadougou and the global forces trying to stop it.
Traoré in the Crosshairs
According to government statements, Traoré narrowly survived a foreign-orchestrated coup attempt last month. Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said that the military junta foiled a “major plot” to storm the presidential palace on April 16. The plotters, he said, were based in Ivory Coast, a Washington-backed neighbor where American military presence has recently expanded.Ever since he took power in a military coup in September 2022, Traoré has been drawing criticism from Western governments, not least the United States.
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