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Ibrahim Traore?  information and an introduction to the.   President of Burkina Faso.  President Ibrahim Traoré.  We will inform the followers about.   his history and achievements.  Part. 1.

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00:00ibrahim traore information and an introduction to the seracree president of burkina faso

00:09president ibrahim traore we will inform the followers about amirad his history and achievements

00:15part one ibrahim traore born the 14th of march 1988 is a burkinabe military officer and politician

00:22who has served as the interim president of burkina faso since 2022. traore took control of burkina

00:28faso in september 2022 ousting interim president paul henry sandaogo damiba in a coup d'etat

00:35aged 37 he is currently the second youngest head of state in the world during his tenure traore has

00:42sought to distance the country from its former colonial power france and played an instrumental

00:47role in founding the alliance of sahel states brahim traore was born in cara bandocui muhun province

00:55on the 14th of march 1988. after receiving his primary education in bandocui he attended a high

01:01school in bobo diolazo the second largest city in burkina faso where he was known as being quiet

01:08and very talented from 2006 he studied geology at the university of ouagadougou he was part of the

01:15association of muslim students and the marxist national association of students of burkina faso

01:21aneb in the latter he rose to delegate and became known for defending his classmates and disputes

01:28he graduated from the university with honors traore joined the army of burkina faso in 2009

01:34and graduated from the george's namoano military academy he was sent to morocco for anti-aircraft

01:40training before being transferred to an infantry unit in kaya a town in northern burkina faso

01:46promoted to lieutenant in 2014 traore joined minusma a united nations peacekeeping force involved in the

01:54mali war in 2018 he was cited as one of the minusma soldiers who showed courage during major rebel

02:01attacks in the tambuktu region he subsequently returned to burkina faso where he assisted in

02:07operations against the escalating jihadist insurgency traore fought at jibo in the otapuanu

02:14offensive of 2019 and several other counterinsurgency operations in the country's north he was promoted

02:20to captain in 2020 traore later said that he became disillusioned with his country's leadership around

02:26this time as he saw the widespread lack of equipment of burkinaabe soldiers while politicians were handing

02:34out suitcases of money for bribery he gradually became the spokesman for soldiers stationed in the

02:39north who were frustrated over their government traore was part of the group of army officers that

02:45supported the january 2022 burkina faso coup d'etat and brought the patriotic movement for safeguard and

02:51restoration military junta to power from march 2022 he served as the head of an artillery regiment in kaya

02:59whether he was ever associated with the cobra special forces a counter-terrorist unit founded in 2019 is

03:05disputed according to the bbc al jazeera and daitagisaitung he was part of the unit at some point

03:12however the news magazine jean afrique stated that he was never associated with the cobras

03:17many supporters of the january coup became dissatisfied with the performance of paul anri sandago damniba

03:24the junta's leader regarding his inability to contain the jihadist insurgency triore later said that

03:30he and other officers had tried to get damiba to refocus on the rebellion but eventually opted to

03:35overthrow him as his ambitions were diverting away from what we set out to do the dissatisfaction about

03:41the situation was highest among younger officers who fought against the rebels at the front lines

03:47in addition there were delays in pay for the cobra troops when the plotters launched their coup on the

03:5330th of september traore still held the rank of captain the operation was carried out with support of

04:00the cobra unit in the direct aftermath of the coup traore was chosen as the new head of the patriotic

04:06movement for safeguard and restoration on the 6th of october he also assumed the position of interim

04:12president as head of state supreme head of the armed forces he initially promised to hold democratic

04:18elections in july 2024 as president traore has maintained the enigmatic and very formal behavior for

04:25which he had already been known prior to rising to power he has kept a tight control on his

04:30communication while carefully trying to present himself primarily as a war leader his presidency has

04:36also seen an increase of pro-government propaganda in birkinabay traditional media and social media

04:42politically le monde journalist sophie deuce described traore as influenced by marxism and pan-africanism

04:49in spring 2023 traore questioned the planned restoration of democracy for 2024 stating that

04:56elections could not be held unless the insurgents were pushed back and the security situation had

05:00been improved this statement reneged on the october 2022 promise he made in negotiations to secure the

05:06formal resignation of his deposed predecessor paul henry sandago demiba to honor demiba's pledge to the

05:12economic community of west african states ecowaz to restore civilian rule in burkina faso in two years

05:20on the 26th of september 2023 dissatisfied elements of the military again rose up and unsuccessfully

05:27attempted to overthrow triori national consultations were held on 25 and the 26th of may 2024 to discuss

05:35the future of the transition in burkina faso while participants included civil society representatives

05:42most political parties boycotted the consultations the result was the extension of triori's mandate for an

05:48additional five years while also allowing him to contest the next presidential elections

05:53on the 6th of december 2024 traore dissolved his government and removed itambela as prime minister

06:00later that month the government issued pardons for 21 ex-military officers who had been convicted prior to

06:06triori's rise to power for their involvement in the 2015 burkina faso coup attempt in april 2025

06:13triori's government announced that it had prevented a planned coup attempt which it accused the

06:18government of cote d'ivoire of backing in november 2023 burkina faso's council of ministers approved the

06:25construction of the country's first gold refinery this marked a significant development in burkina

06:31faso's gold sector aiming to capitalize on the nation's growing gold mining industry triori seeks to gain more

06:38control over its gold resources by refining gold domestically rather than exporting unrefined

06:43materials this would increase government revenue and economic benefits from the gold sector the

06:48refinery is set to create 100 new jobs and 5 000 new indirect jobs with the refinery producing roughly

06:55400 kilograms of gold daily in february 2024 traore ordered the suspension of the issuance of export

07:02permits for small-scale private gold production a move reportedly aimed at tackling illicit trade

07:08which consists of smuggling gold abroad avoiding taxes and regulations and cleaning up the artisanal gold

07:14sector this suspension aims to crack down on such activities and ensure that exported gold is

07:20properly documented and contributes to government revenue the government hopes this suspension will

07:26establish a more formal and accountable system for exporting small-scale produced gold

07:31in the first half of 2025 burkina faso accelerated its state-led nationalization of foreign-owned mining

07:37assets as part of the broader shift toward resource sovereignty on the 29th of april prime minister

07:43jean-emmanuel wedrago announced that the government intended to continue expanding control over foreign-owned

07:49industrial mines this followed the enactment of a revised mining code in 2024 and the creation of the

07:55societe de participation meniere du burkina sop amib a state-owned mining company by then sop amib had

08:05already taken control of two operational gold mines bongo and vognian previously owned by london-listed

08:12endeavor mining these moves were meant to enhance national revenue and prioritize local expertise despite

08:19investor concern these initiatives saw a surge in state collected gold in 2024 state-controlled entities

08:26collected over eight tons of gold and in just the first quarter of 2025 more than 11 tons of gold were

08:32collected on the 12th of june 2025 a presidential decree finalized the transfer of five additional gold

08:39mining assets into sop amib these included two operating mines and three exploration licenses from

08:48subsidiaries of endeavor mining and lilium namely wagnian gold sa s-e-m-a-f-o bungu sa resources ferkay

08:57sarel griffin minerals burkina faso sarel and lilium mining services burkina faso sarel at that time

09:05burkina faso ranked as africa's fourth largest gold producer in july 2024 traoray's government announced

09:13its intention to criminalize homosexuality in burkina faso traoray's government has faced controversy

09:20over its policies towards the freedom of the press in march 2023 his government banned france 24 from

09:27broadcasting in the country after the network aired an interview with the leader of al-qaeda in the

09:32islamic maghreb several months after banning radio france international on grounds of having aired a

09:38threat issued by a terrorist leader in june 2024 four prominent burkinabe journalists who had

09:45criticized the government were detained with the government announcing several months later that

09:50three of the journalists had been forcibly conscripted into the burkinabe military in march

09:552025 an additional three journalists were detained and conscripted the islamist insurgency in burkina

10:02faso has been a major focus of traoray's presidency in his first month in power his government launched

10:08a major recruitment campaign for the volunteers for the defense of the homeland auxiliary force

10:13recruiting 50 000 people in april 2023 traoray declared a general mobilization of the population

10:20to support the military as rebel forces continued to increase the rate of their attacks traoray publicly

10:27pledged to reconquer all rebel-held areas and that there would be no negotiations until the insurgency

10:32had been greatly weakened in july 2023 his government implemented a number of new taxes intended to

10:38raise funds for the military including a five percent tax on phone and internet bills as well as a ten

10:44percent on subscriptions to television channels as of february 2024 the number of deaths caused by

10:50islamist violence had significantly increased since 2022 in february 2023 traoray's government expressed

10:58support for a federation with mali and both invited guinea all three countries are under military

11:03leadership and if they were to become a union would be the largest country ruled by military junta

11:09in july 2024 the three countries formed the alliance of sahel states in february 2023 traoray's government

11:17expelled french forces from burkina faso assisting in fighting the local insurgency he subsequently declared

11:24that his nation wanted to look at other horizons because we want win-win partnerships supporting

11:28the diversification of burkina faso's international partnerships to replace french military support

11:34traoray forged closer ties to turkey and russia according to reuters and the new york times traoray

11:41was suspected of having a connection with russian mercenary organization of ogner group due to having

11:46expressed anti-french and pro-russian views as traoray entered wagadougou the nation's capital

11:52supporters cheered some waving russian flags the government of ghana publicly alleged that traoray

11:58began collaborating with the wagner group following the coup enlisting the mercenaries against the

12:02jihadist rebels traoray denied this stating that our wagner are the vdp referencing the volunteers for

12:09the defense of the homeland on the 29th of july 2023 following the 2023 russia-africa summit traoray said

12:16that the people of his country support russia and communicated that a decision had been made to reopen

12:21the russian embassy which was closed in 1992. according to the newspaper le monde in may 2023

12:28the traoray regime seems for the time being to be favoring the use of its own forces in the fight

12:33against the jihadists and has not asked wagner's russians for help russian troops including the

12:39wagner group were eventually deployed in burkina faso in january 2024. according to farooq chothia of the

12:45bbc news traoray has built the persona of a pan-africanist leader determined to free his nation

12:52from what he regards as the clutches of western imperialism and neo-colonialism nigerian journalist

12:57azubuike ishi quain has written that traoray has portrayed himself as the new face of the african

13:03renaissance noting that he dresses the part in stylish fatigues and matching neck scarves berets and

13:09boots while giving speeches against western imperialism and colonialism vowing to create

13:14conditions at home to stem youth migration and tackle insurgency i stop at this point today until

13:21next time stay curious stay informed and keep exploring the world's incredible stories soon we

13:28will publish part two if you have any comments please leave us your comments because they are important

13:35to us thank you for watching

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