Significance Meanwhile, junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore’s increasingly evident desire to hang onto power indefinitely is having dire domestic repercussions, including a muzzled press, a weakened judiciary and detentions of outspoken critics. Impacts Although popular with anti-Western activists, the arrival of uniformed Russians may further sap the morale of the Burkinabe military. With open dissent now more risky, the authorities may ultimately be blindsided if popular discontent worsens. Any effort to write a new constitution could encounter significant civil society opposition.
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