Elite Africa Roundup - October 14

DAFE OPUTU

In Burkina Faso, a coup within a coup has unseated Lt. Col. Damiba, who was himself responsible for a coup in January. Capt. Ibrahim Traore, the country’s new leader, claimed the coup was due to the government’s failure to deal with insurgency. At 34 years old, Traore is currently the youngest head of state in Africa. ECOWAS is concerned that the coup will further postpone elections and has already sent mediators to Ougadougou.

https://www.voanews.com/a/bukina-faso-s-traore-the-fight-we-are-engaged-in-is-not-about-power/6772326.html 

Tsitsi Dangaremba, award-winning Zimbabwean author, has been given a suspended prison sentence and a fine for a 2020 anti-government protest. Dangaremba and a friend, Julie Barnes, were arrested for walking through Harare with a sign saying “we want better.” https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/30/zimbabwe-court-fines-novelist-tsitsi-dangarembga-over-protest 

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