Four army officers were arrested in Burkina Faso, a military prosecutor said, a day after the country\u2019s ruling military junta announced it had thwarted a coup attempt. <\/p>\n
Two other officers were \u201con the run,\u201d according to a statement from the public prosecutor\u2019s office at the military court in Ouagadougou, the capital city. <\/p>\n
Burkina Faso\u2019s military junta said in an earlier statement that intelligence and security services had foiled a \u201cproven coup attempt\u201d on Wednesday. <\/p>\n
\u201cA number of officers and other alleged actors involved in this destabilization attempt have been arrested, while others are being actively sought,\u201d the statement said. <\/p>\n
Junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore later said on X, previously known as Twitter, that he was \u201ccommitted to the liberation\u201d of the country. <\/p>\n
\u201cI assure you of my determination to bring the Transition to a successful conclusion, despite adversity and the various manoeuvres designed to halt our inexorable march towards sovereignty,\u201d his post added. <\/p>\n
Traore seized power in the West African nation in a coup on September 30 last year in a day marked by gunfire and confusion in Ouagadougou. The coup was the second in eight months \u2013 with the leaders of both vowing to restore security after years of violence in the country. <\/p>\n
Earlier this month, Burkina Faso\u2019s military leaders signed a mutual defense pact with the juntas in Mali and Niger. <\/p>\n
The tri-border region has become the epicenter of the violence that began in neighboring Mali in 2012 but has since spread across the arid expanse of the Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert. <\/p>\n\n
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