Captain Ibrahim Traoré Takes Over AES Presidency, Vows Strong Action Against T*rror!sm Burkina Faso’s  leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has officially taken over the rotating presidency of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES), a regional bloc uniting Burkina Faso, Mali , and Niger . Speaking during the latest AES summit, Captain Traoré called for large-scale, […] The post Captain Ibrahim Traore is the next president of the Sahel States first appeared on The Zambian Observer .