‘I’ll take you down without a second thought’ – Burkina Faso’s Traore warns challengers
The speculation of infighting focuses on the junta’s second- and third-in-command — Oumarou Yabre, one of the most influential figures in Burkina’s security apparatus, and Farouk Azaria Sorgho, junta spokesman and commander of a powerful Rapid Intervention Battalion.
Yabre — who heads the intelligence services and National Security Council, and is considered to be Burkina’s second-in-command — has not been seen in public since late May.
Since mid-May, Battalion No 4 has been run by Sorgho’s deputy and security officials allege the commander has been “abducted” by Traore associates.
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