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Lieutenant-Colonel, other soldiers arrested for attempted coup in Burkina Faso
For several hours the news had circulated on social networks, on the arrest of a Burkinabe army officer, about an “attempted coup d’etat.”
According to the magazine, “for several months, Burkinabe authorities feared that the security context of the country would push some officers to attempt a coup”.
41-year-old Lieutenant- Colonel Zoungrana is suspected of having instigated an attempted coup.
Several other soldiers were reportedly arrested,” according to the Jeune Afrique newspaper while citing several security sources.
The Lieutenant- Colonel is a writer and author of several works. We can cite “The Ace of Spades in stampede”, “Cherished children
“Marwèlle”, “the bitter child”, “Sentinels” (…).
According to his biography, Emmanuel Zoungrana entered the Military Academy of Kadiogo (PMK) in 1993.
He completed several training courses in Morocco and France
The lieutenant-colonel had until then been the corps commander of the 12th commando infantry regiment and at the same time served as the commander of the western sector of the grouping of northern security forces.
Emmanuel Zoungrana also led the 25th commando parachute regiment, based in Bobo-Dioulasso.