Burkina Faso’s military leader sacks defence minister amid continued attacks Publié par admin | Sep 13, 2022 | Afrique-une | 0 | Burkina Faso junta chief Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who took power in a January coup, has sacked his defence minister and assumed the role himself after a series of jihadist attacks, according to decrees published Monday.