OUAGADOUGOU — The President of Faso, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, expressed satisfaction Thursday at having “drowned” activists in their web of lies, who had claimed that the head of state had been carried away by a mutiny.

According to Burkina Information Agency, “They said power is vacant. We wanted to let them continue until they drowned themselves. I think they have drowned now and all of Africa has understood that they are stateless people, enemies of the Nation,” he declared during a visit to comfort on national television. Since a shooting incident on June 12, 2024, between the presidency and national television, activists have led a campaign on social networks for several days, claiming that the head of state had fled a mutiny and should soon be replaced due to a lack of consensus with the mutineers.

“We are not running away. We don’t back down, we don’t give up. They said what they wanted. Everyone understood that they are the enemies of the Nation,” he assured. President Traoré explained that the shooting incident, which caused some injuries and damage, started from an error in handling a weapon during the relief of soldiers.

Regarding the discontent in the ranks of the army, President Traoré categorically stated, “the mood swing is false,” before explaining that the General Staff did not want to communicate on this subject. He added that it was the soldiers themselves who asked the hierarchy to communicate to allow them to work peacefully because their parents called them a lot.