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Burkina's Traoré takes over as chair of AES, calls for 'large-scale' operations against extremists

Africanews EN • December 25, 2025

Burkina Faso’s military ruler Ibrahim Traore took over the rotating presidency of the Alliance of Sahel States on Tuesday, at a summit in Mali’s capital Bamako. He called for "large-scale" operations against extremists "in the coming days."