Nigeria, Jan. 7 -- The Burkina Faso junta said it has foiled another attempted coup to oust the military leader, Ibrahim Traore.

The country's security minister, Mahamadou Sana, on Tuesday said the plan set for late Saturday was foiled "thanks to the professionalism of the intelligence services."

The junta accused the former transitional President, Paul-Henri Damiba, of orchestrating the plot, according to the BBC.

Mr Damiba was overthrown in a coup in September 2022 by Mr Traore, about eight months after he had ousted the elected president, Roch Kabore.

According to the defence minister, the coup plot involved a series of targeted assassinations of military and civilian officials.

A core part of the plan was to kill Mr Traore, eithe...