A military captain in the African country of Burkina Faso has dismissed the government of the country's military ruler, Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Dmeba.
According to the Reuters news agency, this is the second coup in the troubled West African country this year.
Captain Ibrahim Turre, the new ruler of Burkina Faso, announced on state television late Friday that the government had been dissolved, the constitution suspended and all borders closed.
He said that the officers removed him from power because he could not control the attacks of the militants.
The African countries of Mali, Chad and Guinea have seen military coups since 2020. There are now fears that the region that saw democracy flourish in the past decade is now slipping back into military dictatorship.
Earlier, Ibrahim Turre was the head of the anti-jihadist special forces unit 'Cobra'.
In January, Lt. Col. Paul Henry Damiba overthrew the elected government, saying the government had failed to stop attacks by Islamist militants.
However, his administration was also unable to stop the attacks.
Burkina Faso has become a center of violence for the militant organizations Al-Qaeda and ISIS. The violence started in neighboring Mali in 2012 and spread to other West African countries.
Thousands of people have been killed during the raids in the country's rural areas, while millions have been forced to leave their areas.
Militants attacked 11 soldiers in the northern part of the country this week as they accompanied convoys of civilian vehicles. Dozens of civilians are still missing.
The Economic Community of West African States has condemned the military coup attempt.
