Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba has been inaugurated as Burkina Faso’s new president, just weeks after he led a coup that overthrew democratically elected Roch Marc Christian Kabore.
- Roch Marc Christian Kabore was elected in 2015 following a popular revolt that forced out longtime ruler Blaise Compaore.
- He was re-elected in 2020, but the following year faced a wave of anger over the mounting toll from an increasingly bloody conflict that has spilled over from neighbouring Mali.
- After coup, Burkina Faso has been suspended from the West African regional body known as ECOWAS as well as the African Union, which stopped short of imposing sanctions.
