Ibrahim Traore, the young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, became interim president, vowing to win back captured territories from jihadists.

Traore pledged support for a transition leading to elections in July 2024 as he took the oath of office in the capital Ouagadougou under tight security.

Traore, who is 34, led disgruntled junior officers last month in the second coup in eight months to hit the West African country.

The motive, as in January was anger at failures to stem a seven-year jihadist insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives and driven nearly two million people from their homes.

Junta members had already announced that he would take over the role of transitional president, but Friday was the official investiture.