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Burkinabe Are 'Revolutionary People With Revolutionary Leader,' Activist Says
Burkinabe Are 'Revolutionary People With Revolutionary Leader,' Activist Says
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Burkina Faso has been ruled by a transitional military government since a coup in September 2022. Elections to end the transition were originally scheduled for... 12.05.2024, Sputnik Africa
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On Saturday, hundreds gathered in the Issoufou Joseph Conombo Stadium in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, calling for the extension of the country's transitional government's reign period.The Burkinabe are "a revolutionary people with a revolutionary leader," Nestor Poodasse, coordinator of the Planet of Young Pan-Africanists in Burkina Faso, commented on the rally in support of the extension of the transition, led by the country's incumbent President of the Transition Ibrahim Traore.What's more, the Burkinabe are "aware of what's at stake in this transition", which "is crucial for the future" of the country, Abdoul Rasman Sawadogo, general coordinator of the Black African Defense League in Burkina, explained to Sputnik Africa.The Saturday rally in Ouagadougou was led by Traore. Last September, another demonstration in support of the interim leader took place in the capital, the demonstrators waved Burkinabe and Russian flags.Traore came to power as a result of the military coup in late September 2022. The then-head of the transitional government of the country, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandago Damiba, was removed from his post by the new leadership, the government was dissolved and the nation's constitution was suspended.
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Burkinabe Are 'Revolutionary People With Revolutionary Leader,' Activist Says
Burkina Faso has been ruled by a transitional military government since a coup in September 2022. Elections to end the transition were originally scheduled for July 2024, but President Ibrahim Traore has since questioned the possibility of holding the polls before the country's security problems are resolved.
On Saturday, hundreds gathered in the Issoufou Joseph Conombo Stadium in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, calling for the extension of the country's transitional government's reign period.
The
Burkinabe are "a revolutionary people with a revolutionary leader,"
Nestor Poodasse, coordinator of the Planet of Young Pan-Africanists in Burkina Faso, commented on the rally in support of the extension of the transition, led by the country's incumbent President of the Transition Ibrahim Traore
."The people are mobilizing to ask Captain Traoré to continue with his revolutionary and dynamic momentum, because it's patriotic," Poodasse told Sputnik Africa.
What's more, the Burkinabe are "aware of what's at stake in this transition", which "is crucial for the future" of the country, Abdoul Rasman Sawadogo, general coordinator of the Black African Defense League in Burkina, explained to Sputnik Africa.
It's "a day of grace, a day of pan-Africanism", added Sawadogo Abdou Gani, head of communications at the Black African Defense League.
The Saturday rally in Ouagadougou was led by Traore. Last September, another demonstration in support of the interim leader
took place in the capital, the demonstrators waved Burkinabe and Russian flags.
Traore came to power as a result of the military coup in late September 2022. The then-head of the transitional government of the country, Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandago Damiba, was removed from his post by the new leadership, the government was dissolved and the nation's constitution was suspended.
