Experts dubbed those countries a “coup belt.” Among others, that belt includes Burkina Faso. Russia and the juntas frame the anti-West glissade as a start of decolonization processes leading ...

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Thousands of people rallied in junta-led Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali on Tuesday to back their withdrawal from the Economic Community of West African States regional bloc, due to take effect ...

Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Burkina Faso’s transitional president, has become the first recipient of the new Alliance of Sahel States (AES) passport following the bloc’s exit from the Economic ...

The military-led nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially withdrew from the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on January 29. They had announced their intention to leave one ...

CASABLANCA, Morocco (AP) — Four Moroccan truck drivers who were kidnapped in West Africa over the weekend were released in Niger. The drivers were the latest victims of insecurity in the Sahel ...

French President Emmanuel Macron is “insulting all Africans," Burkina Faso President Capt. Ibrahim Traore has said, urging African nations to end military pacts with Paris. "(Macron) has ...

According to Hamoud Abdel Wedoud Kamil, World Bank Country Manager for Burkina Faso, “Human development is critical for social inclusion and a top priority for the World Bank. This project is aimed at ...

Sahel Region, Burkina Faso - January 12, 2025 The “imazighen”, an indigenous population of North Africa, celebrate between January 12 and 14 the Berber New Year, a marked ancestral date of ...

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