Conflict · Military
Burkina Faso: Exiled Burkina Publisher Tells RFI of Repression and Fear Four Years After Coup
AllAfrica
Published 1 Oct 2026, 2:39 pm·7 d ago·1 min read
Listen to this story
Read aloud by your device
[RFI] Burkina Faso on Wednesday marks four years since military strongman Captain Ibrahim Traoré took over in a coup. Comparing himself to anti-colonial icon Thomas Sankara, Traoré promised a "progressive and popular" revolution. RFI spoke to Inoussa Ouédraogo, a publishing director who now lives in exile about the country's fading human rights record.
Read the full story at AllAfrica
allafrica.com