The forum in the capital Ouagadougou will take place two weeks after the jihadist-torn Sahel state was rocked by its second military takeover in less than nine months. A 34-year-old ...
“In view of the adoption of the transition charter, a national meeting will be convened on October 14 and 15,” said the decree signed by Burkina Faso‘s new strongman, Captain ...
The impoverished Sahel nation plunged into renewed turmoil at the weekend when Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba — who had seized power in January — was toppled by newly emerged rival ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: The perpetrators of a 2009 massacre in Guinea go on trial, McKinsey faces further legal trouble in South Africa, and investigators examine ...
Brandishing Russian flags in a display of support for Moscow, the demonstrators shouted slogans criticising the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and France, the former colonial power in ...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Regional mediators were headed to Burkina Faso on Monday in the wake of the West African country’s second coup this year amid concern the latest power ...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s new junta leadership called for an end to the unrest Sunday, a day after angry protesters attacked the French Embassy and other buildings following ...
Supporters of Burkina‘s newest putsch leader had gathered outside the building in Ouagadougou a day after he accused the man he deposed of hiding out at a French base to ...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Gunshots rang out Saturday in Burkina Faso’s capital amid signs of lingering tensions a day after a group of military officers overthrew the man who had ...
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Gunfire rang out early Friday in Burkina Faso’s capital and the state broadcaster went off the air, sparking fears that another coup attempt may be underway, ...
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