Editing 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état

A coup d'état was launched in Burkina Faso on Jan 23 2022.<ref>{{News citation|title=Burkina Faso: Shots heard near presidential palace|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-60102087}}</ref> A group of 14 military officers appeared on state television announcing that state power was now in the hands of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration (PMSR), led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba.<ref>{{News citation|title=Situation in Burkina Faso relatively stable — Russian embassy|url=https://tass.com/politics/1392773}}</ref>

It does not appear that the PMSR existed prior to the coup, its formation appears to coincide with the coup itself. 

The coup leader, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, went to military school in Paris.<ref name=":0">{{News citation|title=Who is Paul-Henri Damiba, leader of the Burkina Faso coup?|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/25/burkina-faso-coup-leader-paul-henri-sandaogo-damiba}}</ref>

The 2022 coup is being carried out by some of the same individuals who participated in the failed 2015 coup attempt.<ref name=":0" />

== See also ==

* [[wikipedia:2022_Burkinabé_coup_d'état|2022 Burkinabé coup d'état on English Wikipedia]]

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