Burkina Faso - May 2024

On 25 May, Burkina Faso’s transitional president, Ibrahim Traoré, signed into law an amended charter that extends the country’s military-led transition to democracy by up to five years. Under the previous charter, adopted in October 2022, shortly after the coup d’état that brought Traoré to power, the transition had been due to end on 1 July 2024, but elections have not been organised. The amended charter authorises the president to compete in the transitional elections and provides for the creation of a new organ called the ‘korag’, which is to ‘monitor and control the implementation of the country’s strategic vision in all areas and by all means.’ Its ‘composition, organisation and functioning’ are left to the discretion of the president. The amended charter was agreed in a consultative, national meeting attended by representatives of civil society, the military and some legislators in the transitional assembly but boycotted by most political parties.

Sources: Jeune Afrique, Amended Transitional Charter, 2024, Transitional Charter, 2022, France 24