Burkina Faso’s Young Captain Sparks a New Wave of Pan-Africanism
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Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s 36-year-old military ruler, has become an unlikely phenomenon, hailed as a messianic figure by some and a dangerous populist by others. Seizing power in a 2022 coup, Traoré has rejected the status quo of French…