I'll post new info as I hear them in the comments
He was a member of the elite force that once guarded President Blaise Compaoré, who ruled for 27 years. That force, the Presidential Security Regiment (known as the R.S.P. by its French initials), was one of the pillars of Mr. Compaoré’s regime, but was disbanded after his fall in 2014.
The officer was one of many presidential guard members integrated into the regular army, and his star kept rising until his promotion last November.
According to Paul Koalaga, the director of the Institute for Strategy and International Relations in the country’s capital, Ouagadougou, Colonel Damiba’s loyalties may still lie with the former president, Mr. Compaoré, and his allies.
Among those allies is Gen. Gilbert Diendéré, who in 2015 led a failed coup against a transitional government. Gen. Diendéré is currently on trial in connection with the death of Thomas Sankara, Mr. Compaoré’s predecessor.
This is the real thing, the US has spread itself way too thin to maintain power consistently
TBF they got the assist from the US fucking up Libya 10 years ago and opening up a vacuum for Islamic militants all over West Africa, which creates an unstable situation.
This shit fucking sucks, goddamn. Also:
President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, 64, had been leading Burkina Faso, a poor, landlocked country in Western Africa, since 2015. But he faced growing criticism from civilians and the military alike over his government’s inability to beat back the Islamist insurgents creating havoc in this nation of 21 million people.
Public support for the mutiny was driven by a perception that Mr. Kaboré was incapable of beating back the Islamist groups that have been spreading mayhem for so long, said Rinaldo Depagne, an expert on Burkina Faso at the International Crisis Group.
I'm willing to bet that ever since Kaboré was elected these "Islamic groups" must have suddenly acquired a most curious taste for croissants.
I'm willing to bet that those “Islamic groups” and the International Crisis Group are on the same payroll.
"I’m willing to bet that ever since Kaboré was elected these “Islamic groups” must have suddenly acquired a most curious taste for croissants."
that is such an excellent image
Most definitely. Although, how much was the deposed President also a French puppet? Don't know much about Burkina Faso post-1990s
Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was the democratically elected president after the ousting of Compaoré, assassin of Sunkara, who was trying to gain another illegal term as president.
Also important to note that there was a failed coup in 2015 right around when Kaboré was elected by a similar group to the successful one in 2022. Coincidentally, Burkina Faso became a hot spot for attacks from ISIS clones shortly after that 🤔
oh no , so French Puppet installed or French Puppet ousted ? , These African Nation need Milita Systems not Armies ... its no use....
https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouvement_patriotique_pour_la_sauvegarde_et_la_restauration This didn't have much, but I found the page on the new president who was installed through the coup, and that does give us at least a little bit more insight.
Paul-Henri Sandaogo is a graduate of the Military School of Paris, holds a master's degree in criminal sciences from the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts (CNAM) in Paris and a defense expert certification in management, command and strategy.
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is at the head of the coup d'etat[1], [2], [3] perpetrated on Monday January 24, 2022 in Burkina against the regime of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was from 2015 to 2019, the military responsibilities in the Sahel and Northern regions which he ended with a book entitled West African Armies and Terrorism: Uncertain Responses?
Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba[4],[5] is a lieutenant-colonel commander of the third military region covering Ouagadougou, Manga, Koudougou and Fada N'Gourma. He is a former element of the former presidential security regiment (RSP), former presidential guard of Blaise Compaoré. The new fort of Burkina, since Monday, January 24, is from the promotion 92 of the Prytanée militaire du Kadiogo (PMK)[6] and from the 7th promotion of the George Namoano Military Academy in Pô.
Since December 2021, he was the commander of the third military region appointed by President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.
Lets remember that Sunkara was also a French student of military shit too. The real smoking gun is he's a presidential guard to the compadore Compaoré
I can just imagine Ho trying to cope with Sartre and Camus's ennui generation capacities.
Sunkara was also a French student of military shit too.
Having read a lot of Jacobin, this doesn't surprise me.
former presidential guard of Blaise Compaoré
LOL.
And Burkina Faso was going to try Compaoré for that coup I think.
If I recall the trial in absentia was occurring but was a lengthy process
I hope the people rise against this shithead. Burkina Faso needs a win.
Why would the French want to roll the sitting government now? Have they been particularly adversarial?
Burkina Faso has rich deposits of gold, zinc, copper, manganese as well as iron, nickel, limestone, dolomite and phosphates.
It's easy to forget because of the opulence, but European countries are pretty poor in resources and have been for a while. Industrial capitalism squeezed out most of what was left. This is why the poor countries (Europe, US, Canada, other than oil) refuse to let the rich countries (Africa, South America) gain any power for themselves.
Two contradictory possibilities:
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The US is offering this as an olive branch to get France on board with the NATO/Ukraine bullshit. Horse trading game because France is acting independent. US helps out their empire, France falls in line with the grander Atlanticist vision.
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France did this as a message and dick-waving towards the US/UK. I.e. :france-cool: "has its own neo-empire and sphere of influence to play with that we can manage on our own, we don't need to be tied down by the sinking-ship that is NATO"
IMO 2 is far more likely. Macron wants to show strength and independence with the election coming up. All of his big opponents are anti-NATO/anti-USA to some extent (from Mélenchon to Zemmour), so he has to go that path.
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