Burkina Faso Crisis Continues to Spiral Impacts on National and International Security!
By: Shemusad
In 2015, Burkina Faso the West African Sahel country was caught up in an escalating wave of violence that led to the uprising of rebel fighters allies to both al-Qaeda and the ISIL (ISIS) group, killing thousands of people and further displacing two million.
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University of Makeni
University of Makeni
In 2015, Burkina Faso the West African Sahel country was caught up in an escalating wave of violence that led to the uprising of rebel fighters allies to both al-Qaeda and the ISIL (ISIS) group, killing thousands of people and further displacing two million.
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On 24 January 2022, Damiba led a coup deposing and detaining President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré and Prime Minister Lassina Zerbo. While people were celebrating the coup in Ouagadougou, some supporters carried Russian flags, as a sign of their call to receive help from Russia in their fight against Islamist terrorism.
The army leader Damiba on the country's
The army leader Damiba on the country's
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du Burkina maintained the Military's stance
of deposition as a result of Kabore's
administration's failure to unite the country
the deteriorating security situation as reasons
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After several months, he was removed in a coup d'état, by his own military colleague Ibrahim Traoré dissolving the transitional government and suspending the constitution. The new military leader Traore says Paul-Henri Damiba was removed due to his inability to deal with a worsening armed uprising in the country after months in power.
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The Centre pour la gouvernance démocratique (CGD), a respected Ouagadougou-based think tank, convened a working group of Burkinabe thought leaders should offere an alternative way forward that called for a civilian-led transition, stating that: "The constitution is supreme over any other legal provision whatever the exceptional circumstances, including a coup d’état."
They outline the role of the army in a democracy which is to ensure the defense of the territory, the protection of institutions, and an unconditional submission to the legitimate civilian political authority.
The International Community including ECOWAS has raised concerns about the impact of the Military coup d'etat in Burkina Faso which to its effects has threatened political instability in West African Nations. The political crisis in the country has posed a negative and severe impact on hundreds of thousands of households, which have already been weakened by the economic crisis in the country.
They outline the role of the army in a democracy which is to ensure the defense of the territory, the protection of institutions, and an unconditional submission to the legitimate civilian political authority.
The International Community including ECOWAS has raised concerns about the impact of the Military coup d'etat in Burkina Faso which to its effects has threatened political instability in West African Nations. The political crisis in the country has posed a negative and severe impact on hundreds of thousands of households, which have already been weakened by the economic crisis in the country.
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Additionally, the recent developments in neighbouring and West African countries could favour the entrenchment of military rule and several French-speaking West African countries like Mali, Guinea, Chad, and Niger. The situation risks have created a domino effect in a highly vulnerable region plagued by national and international security.
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According to David Diaz-Jogeix, Senior Director of Programmes of ARTICLE 19 view Military rule is a retrogression of sustainable solutions to the heightened political crisis that will not ensure the basic needs of the people and the protection of their rights among other things, safety and an acceptable standard of living, including adequate food.
He furthered that the immediate solutions to the surge in West Africa should ensure fundamental human rights and respect the engagement with the ECOWAS for a return to civilian rule.
The country's withdrawal from ECOWAS has increased political instabilities in the country which can be complex, but some possible solutions could involve promoting dialogue between different groups, strengthening democratic institutions, addressing economic inequalities, and improving security measures.
He furthered that the immediate solutions to the surge in West Africa should ensure fundamental human rights and respect the engagement with the ECOWAS for a return to civilian rule.
The country's withdrawal from ECOWAS has increased political instabilities in the country which can be complex, but some possible solutions could involve promoting dialogue between different groups, strengthening democratic institutions, addressing economic inequalities, and improving security measures.
Watch this space!
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