00:01It's been nearly four years since Ibrahim Traoré took over Burkina Faso in a coup after toppling another junta.
00:08Now the captain says citizens must forget about democracy.
00:14Normally, if you talk to an African about democracy, if someone just comes up to you and starts talking to
00:19you about democracy, you'd better run because democracy kills.
00:22Is that what democracy is? Is that what we want? Democracy? Children are being killed. Democracy? Bombs are being dropped.
00:30Women are being killed. People are being killed. Hospitals are being destroyed. Civilians are being killed.
00:36Is that what democracy is? They act as if they don't see it. There they are with their eyes closed.
00:41Young Africans must understand that this notion of democracy is false. It is false. It is just a stick that
00:47people hold and use against Africans and certain peoples. That is all.
00:51So we must forget this notion of democracy. We must embrace the revolutionary spirit.
00:58Since seizing power, Ibrahim Traoré has tightened his grip on Burkina Faso, silencing dissent and dismantling democratic institutions.
01:07The military government has dissolved the Electoral Commission and banned all political parties, extending its rule by five years, despite
01:14earlier promises to return to democracy.
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