A risky power play?
Picking a fight with the very scholars who once backed him feels like a bold but dangerous gamble. I wonder if this is more about consolidating power than actually tackling extremism. Could this backfire and destabilize things further?
Why Traore has opened a new front with Burkina Faso’s Muslim community
New legislation and arrests are driving a rift between Burkina Faso's military government and Muslim scholars.