Africa can do without coups, counter-coups

In this file photo taken on March 2, 2022 Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, President of Burkina Faso, arrives to his inauguration ceremony as President of Transition, in Ouagadougou. PHOTO | AFP

What you need to know:

  • On Friday, a group of junior army officers announced that they had ousted Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba as head of the military junta that seized power eight months earlier.