Ibrahim Traoré Would Like to Be Thomas Sankara’s Heir

Ibrahim Traoré Would Like to Be Thomas Sankara’s Heir

Ibrahim Traoré, president of Burkina Faso since October 2022, polarizes opinion, not only in Burkina Faso itself but also on the Pan-African and internationalist left. Some cheer for him as the hope for a new Pan-Africanism, the long overdue end of French imperialism in West Africa, and (resource) sovereignty. Others point to the authoritarian traits […]

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