Ibrahim Traoré counts admirers from Nairobi to Jamaica and London. Russia is also courting him.

A video of Pope Leo addressing media professionals has been altered to show him praising Burkina Faso’s military leader Ibrahim Traore.

Capitaine Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso's new president, attends the ceremony for the 35th anniversary of Thomas Sankaras assassination, in Ouagadougou, on October 15, 2022.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “God protect Ibrahim Traoré,” croons teary-eyed American R&B singer R Kelly, over footage of the 37 ...

In Burkina Faso, it’s Ibrahim Traore’s dizzy season as giddy messiah — all tizzy lies pushed as redemptive balm: the making of a junta nirvana on X! What mirage! Whatever fibs this junta ...

Smoke dey rise from one building as Beyoncé, dressed in combat gear, ride on one armoured vehicle. Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso military leader, dey di music video too, and fire gun ...

In the heart of West Africa, from the soil of Burkina Faso once watered by the blood of martyrs and dreams of revolutionaries, a young lion has risen. Captain Ibrahim Traore, just 36 years of age ...

The recent fulmination against Cpt Ibrahim Traore by General Langley, Commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), was just an expression of exasperation at the failure so far of the U.S. and its ...

IN SHORT: TikTok videos claim Burkina Faso's leader is dead, but all evidence shows Ibrahim Traoré is alive and still popular among pan-Africanists.

The face of Captain Ibrahim Traoré has been beaming across social media feeds throughout West Africa and from posters and placards hoisted in the streets of Burkina Faso‘s capital Ouagadougou, London ...

Rather than a beacon of hope, Burkinabè tyrant Ibrahim Traoré is a pointer to everything that is wrong with the continent.