What is September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état?
A [[coup d'état]] took place in [[Burkina Faso]] on 30 September 2022, removing Interim President [[Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba]] because he was unable to control the rise of [[Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso|Islamist insurgency]] in the country. Damiba had come to power in a [[January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état|coup d'état just eight months earlier]]. Captain [[Ibrahim Traoré]] took over as interim leader. Damiba was allowed to go into exile in [[Togo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-63111763|title=Burkina Faso coup: Ousted military ruler Damiba in Togo|author=Natasha Booty|publisher=BBC News|date=3 October 2022|access-date=3 October 2022}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Coup d'état}} {{history-stub}} [[Category:2022 in Africa]] [[Category:Coups d'état]] [[Category:2020s in Burkina Faso|2022 coup d'état]] [[Category:September 2022 events]]