Burkina Faso: President Ibrahim Traoré and the foundations of his counter-terrorism policy

The fight against terrorism is a major challenge for all Heads of State in Burkina Faso. The country faces regular attacks that are difficult to contain by the Army. The new President Ibrahim Traoré therefore has no respite on this specific project.

In Burkina Faso, the security situation was invoked by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Head of State, to partially justify the coup against Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. Now President of the Republic, His Excellency Ibrahim Traoré, has since made the country’s security a priority in the face of terrorism.

As a result, the escalation of violence in Burkina Faso is part of a broader governance crisis, with remote areas of the country experiencing multifaceted insecurity.

The significant public resources allocated to the security sector have also raised concerns by the Head of State, Ibrahim Traoré, regarding corruption and fiscal mismanagement. While efforts are underway to address insecurity in vulnerable regions, intercommunal violence that follows the exploitation of local conflicts by armed groups.This encourages a collective response to strengthen cohesion, according to the current authorities of the country of honest men.

It should be noted that from the outset, the President of Burkina Faso laid the foundations of his counter-terrorism policy, strengthening the ranks of the army with the recruitment of about 3,000 soldiers.

Also, the recruitment of about 50,000 VDPs, a recruitment that has seen a massive mobilization of the Burkinabe people, around the common interest, that is to say, the fight against terrorism. The observation of the improvement of the security situation.

It is important to remember that the territorial integrity of Burkina Faso has been threatened since 2015 by a war fueled by terrorism. Regular attacks on the army and civilians have already caused thousands of deaths and more than two million internally displaced.

Miss OLY