Over 350 People Detained in Burkina Faso Over Month on Suspicion of Espionage: Security Ministry

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - In September 2022, a group of military officers in Burkina Faso, led by now President Ibrahim Traore, removed the head of the country's transitional government, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who came to power in a coup eight months earlier.

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More than 350 people have been detained in Burkina Faso in a month for "hostile surveillance" or "terrorist espionage," the Burkina Faso's minister of security, Mahamadou Sana, said. He noted that 63 people were detained in the Burkinabe capital of Ouagadougou..