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Junta leader Ibrahim Traoré wants the country to profit more from its mineral wealth.
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Leader of Burkina Faso since 2022
Ibrahim Traoré is a Burkinabé military officer and politician who has held power as the interim president of Burkina Faso since the overthrow of his predecessor in a 2022 coup. Ideologically prominent for his nationalist, pan-Africanist, anti-imperialist, and anti-Western views, Traoré is the second leader of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration, the ruling military junta in Burkina Faso since September 2022 and the second president of the Alliance of Sahel States since 2025.
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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso has opened its first gold refinery as its military-led government seeks greater economic sovereignty after severing ties with traditional Western partners. “From now on, gold from Burkina Faso must not only be extracted in Burkina Faso, it must be processed, controlled, valued and…
Burkina Faso has opened its first gold refinery in a major step by the military-led government to process more of the country’s mineral...
Speaking at the launch event, Ibrahim said the refinery would allow Burkina Faso to handle more of its gold within the country, including processing and.