Burkina Faso’s military leader says democracy ‘kills’, asks citizens to ‘forget’ about it
Captain Ibrahim Traoré, who seized power in a 2022 coup, argued that democracy was not suited to his country and claimed it brings violence Burkina Faso’s military ruler has dismissed democracy as harmful, saying it “kills” and urging citizens to “forget” it in a televised interview, while defending his government’s sweeping political changes. Captain Ibrahim