Nigeria, April 22 -- The Burkina Faso military government says it has thwarted a plot to overthrow junta leader Ibrahim Traore.

This adds to the multiple claims of attempted coups against Mr Traore since he took power in 2022.

The military government said it uncovered that the plotters had planned to attack the presidential palace and create hostility that would draw global attention to the country.

Speaking on the state television on Monday, the junta's security minister, Mahamadou Sana, said the coup plotters were a combination of current and former soldiers based in Ivory Coast working alongside "terrorist leaders".

Burkina Faso is at the centre of armed violence in the Sahel. Since 2019, heightened violence has displaced over a mi...