Burkina Faso, 2024 — military coup conspiracy
Event Summary
This entry is coded 14 January 2024, corresponding to the January 2024 foiled coup plot against the military junta of Captain Ibrahim Traore of Burkina Faso. The government announced that it had thwarted a coup planned for 14 January 2024, in what was officially described as the umpteenth attempt at destabilization, and junta forces made several arrests of military and civilian personnel. On 18 January 2024 the government spokesperson said the intelligence services and defence forces had thwarted a coup attempt by a network of military officers, some retired and some active, together with civilians and activists, who had conspired to destabilize Burkina Faso's institutions, with foreign funding allegedly being unblocked to proceed.
An undisclosed number of people were detained for questioning. This was one of several coup attempts the authorities claimed to have thwarted since Traore took power in September 2022. The 14 January 2024 coding matches the date the plot was set for.
Researched Details
Researched
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Sources
Editorial Note
Cross-Reference
Only one dataset carries it. One of the three reference datasets we check against carries this event; the others do not list it. That is not a contradiction — the datasets cover different periods and use different thresholds — but it means the record has had less outside corroboration.
Identifiers for finding this same event in the other datasets:
- Cline Center id
43901142024
How the match is made is described in crossref-report.md.
Outcome and Target
Coup Atlas research identifies the target as: Traore's junta said it thwarted the plot and made arrests.
Baseline coding: Plot discovered and disrupted before execution. Recorded leader fate: remained in office; not physically harmed. The baseline file does not name individual targets; researched names are kept in a separate layer.
Baseline Dataset Citation
Baseline Source-Document Entries
Africa News
Anadolu Agency (AA)
TRT Afrika
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