Tag: Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Broadcasting ban on BBC and Voice of America
As of: April 26, 2024 1:10 p.m Authorities in Burkina Faso, West Africa, have banned BBC and Voice of America radio stations from broadcasting for two weeks. The reason is…
Burkina Faso: Several dead after attacks on church and mosque
As of: February 26, 2024 3:34 p.m Numerous people were killed in attacks on a church and a mosque in Burkina Faso. It is still unclear whether there is a…
Understanding everything about the crisis shaking ECOWAS with the departures of Burkina, Mali and Niger
The Economic Community of West African States is shaken. The military regimes in power in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have in fact decided to withdraw their countries, “without delay”,…
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso leave ECOWAS “without delay”
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, three countries led by military regimes, announced on Sunday that they were leaving the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) with immediate effect. The…
Algeria and Tunisia with their backs to the wall, a coach already fired… The African Cup newspaper of January 20
Tears, blood, stress… The tough matches continue at the African Cup of Nations this Saturday, with already important meetings for Algeria and Tunisia, who had a very complicated start to…
Suspected of espionage by the junta, four French officials arrested in Ouagadougou
Relations continue to be strained between Burkina Faso and France. Four French civil servants, intelligence agents according to a Burkinabè source, computer maintenance technicians according to a French diplomatic source,…
All French soldiers will have definitively left the country “by December 22” announces Niamey
All French soldiers deployed in Niger as part of the anti-jihadist fight will have left the country by December 22, announced the military regime that came to power through a…
After Burkina Faso, it is the turn of Senegal to demand the disqualification of France
France against the rest of the world. Or rather against Burkina Faso and Senegal. Qualified for the quarter-finals of the U17 World Cup currently taking place in Indonesia, the mini-Blues…
At least 70 dead, including children, in “killings” in early November
The authors remain “unknown”. At least 70 people, mostly children and the elderly, died in “killings” in north-central Burkina Faso in early November, prosecutor Simon Gnanou announced on Monday. These…
Military government in Burkina Faso announces foiled coup attempt
As of: September 28, 2023 2:31 a.m The military junta ruling Burkina Faso says it has foiled an attempted coup. Officers and other suspected actors have been arrested, and others…