Why Ibrahim Traoré is a Threat

In 2022, amid a wave of growing unrest in Burkina Faso, a relatively unknown army captain named Ibrahim Traoré took control of the country through a military coup.

At the time, his name meant little to those outside the region. But in the years since, Traoré’s profile has risen rapidly.

His rise has drawn frequent parallels to Thomas Sankara — the iconic Burkinabè revolutionary who, in 1983, came to power as a young officer with a radical message of self-reliance, anti-imperialism, and African pride.

Like Sankara, Traoré has embraced the imagery and language of liberation, positioning himself as a modern-day continuation of that revolutionary lineage.

This is the story of why Captain Ibrahim Traoré has become one of the most talked-about, and perhaps most admired, leaders on the African continent today

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