{"id":8582,"date":"2022-01-25T20:05:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T20:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/burkina-fasos-writer-colonel-coup-leader-starts-a-new-chapter-in-countrys-history"},"modified":"2022-01-25T20:55:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T20:55:24","slug":"burkina-fasos-writer-colonel-coup-leader-starts-a-new-chapter-in-countrys-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\/all-news\/burkina-fasos-writer-colonel-coup-leader-starts-a-new-chapter-in-countrys-history","title":{"rendered":"Burkina Faso\u2019s writer-colonel coup leader starts a new chapter in country\u2019s history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span><b>Burkina Faso&#8217;s new strongman, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has had first-hand experience of the brutal jihadist insurgency that he cites as the pretext for seizing power.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Damiba heads a junta that on Monday overthrew the country&#8217;s elected president, Roch Marc Christian Kabore, who was facing public anger at his failure to stem the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Since the first jihadist attacks in 2015, some 2,000 people have died, with the army, police and a civilian volunteer militia bearing the brunt, according to an AFP toll.<\/p>\n<p>In a country of 21 million, some 1.5 million people are internally displaced, according to the national emergency agency CONASUR.<\/p>\n<p>Damiba, 41, is commander of the 3rd Military Region, which covers eastern Burkina Faso &#8212; one of the worst-hit areas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s an example of a good soldier, a tough commander who has been on the front line with his men,&#8221; said a military source, who praised Damiba&#8217;s &#8220;commitment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Before the coup, Damiba made no secret of his criticism of prevailing strategies to roll back the insurgency, publishing a book last June called &#8220;West African Armies and Terrorism: Uncertain Answers?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, he was part of a group of uniformed men who declared they had taken power, although he did not say anything, leaving the job of announcer to a captain, Sidsore Kader Ouedraogo.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8216;Deterioration of the security situation&#8217;<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Ouedraogo read out a statement signed by Damiba as president of Patriotic Movement for Preservation and Restoration (MPSR), as the junta calls itself.<\/p>\n<p>The statement lashed &#8220;the continuous deterioration of the security situation, which threatens the very foundation of our nation&#8221; and singled out Kabore&#8217;s &#8220;clear inability to unite the Burkinabe people to tackle the situation effectively&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Damiba trained at the Georges Namoano Military Academy in Po in southern Burkina.<\/p>\n<p>Many of its alumni served in the Presidential Security Regiment (RSP), the former presidential guard of Kabore&#8217;s predecessor, Blaise Compaore, who was overthrown by a popular uprising in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Damiba commanded the RSP from 2003-2011, although he was also among those who opposed a coup bid in 2015 by Compaore&#8217;s right-hand man, General Gilbert Diendere.<\/p>\n<p>As a regimental commander from 2019 to 2021, he gained first-hand experience of the problems of Burkina Faso&#8217;s poorly-trained and ill-equipped security forces against ruthless and highly mobile jihadists.<\/p>\n<p>In November last year, the country was stunned when 53 gendarmes were slaughtered when their base was overrun by hundreds of assailants.<\/p>\n<p>The gendarmes had been due to be relieved several days earlier and had appealed for help before the attack, saying they were running short of food and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p>Kabore shook up the military and Damiba was sent to command the 3rd military Region.<\/p>\n<p><b>French ties<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Like many military officers in the French-speaking Sahel, Damiba has had close affiliations with France.<\/p>\n<p>He notably trained at the prestigious Military School of Paris.<\/p>\n<p>The Paris company Editions Les Trois Colonnes which published his book last year, says Damiba also earned a &#8220;master&#8217;s degree in criminal science&#8221; at the CNAM academy in the French capital, and has also gained a diploma in &#8220;defence management, command and strategy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is part of the elite, although he has also got results on the ground &#8212; he has led and commanded a certain number of units,&#8221; said Oumarou Paul Koalaga, a local political analyst.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are officers with brains.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-sudan\">South-Sudan<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; South-Sudan. 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