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Burkina Faso breaks off diplomatic relations with France

June 26, 2026 admin

The ⁠West African country ⁠has been battling an Islamist insurgency that has killed thousands while displacing millions over ‌the past decade since it spread from neighbouring Mali. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Burkina Faso has broken off ‌diplomatic relations with France, the government said on ⁠state television on Friday (June 26, 2026), widening a rupture with…

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Burkina Faso dissolves all political parties

February 10, 2026 admin

Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore. File | Photo Credit: AP Junta-led Burkina Faso’s Parliament has dissolved all political parties, whose activities have been suspended since the military rulers seized power more than three years ago. Under Captain Ibrahim Traore, who led a coup in September 2022, the junta has muzzled critics, arresting dissidents or forcing…

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Burkina Faso bans homosexuality with prison terms and fines for offenders

September 2, 2025 admin

Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore. File | Photo Credit: AP Burkina Faso’s Parliament has passed a law banning homosexuality with offenders facing two to five years in prison, the state broadcaster reported on late Monday (September 1, 2025). The amended family code was approved by the Parliament on Monday in an unanimous vote that puts…

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Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger Officially Leave West Africa’s Main Political Bloc

January 29, 2025 admin

Lagos: Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS on Wednesday after more than a year of diplomatic tensions. The withdrawal has shaken the Economic Community of West African States that many consider to be the continent’s most important regional group and which this year marks…

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They fled violence; now the government in Burkina Faso tries to hide their existence

January 8, 2025 admin

Security forces deployed to secure the area after an overnight attack on a restaurant in the Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Their loved ones were slaughtered by Islamic extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes destroyed. Exhausted and traumatised, they fled in search of safety, food and shelter….

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Burkina Faso junta appoints new Prime Minister

December 8, 2024 admin

Burkina Faso’s junta head on Saturday named former communications minister Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo as prime minister, according to a presidential decree, a day after dissolving the government. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta appointed a new Prime Minister, a day after dissolving the government without providing any reason. Rimtalba Jean…

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600 Massacred Within Hours In This Country

October 5, 2024 admin

About 600 people were killed within a few hours by members affiliated with Al-Qaeda in an August attack on the town of Barsalogho in Burkina Faso, a report claimed on Friday. The residents of Barsalogho were shot dead on August 24 as they dug protective trenches. The attack, in which most of the victims were…

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Critics of Burkina Faso junta recall days of torture by military after conscription

July 3, 2024 admin

Arouna Loure, a vocal critic of Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta, received a conscription order on September 7 last year requesting that the anaesthesiologist start a month of military service four days later. The order did not specify a date or location for the doctor to report for duty. Days later, on September 13, two…

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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger finalise regional alliance project

May 18, 2024 admin

Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Alliance of Sahel States | Photo Credit: X@BakaryYaou Junta-run Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have finalised plans to form a confederation after turning their backs on former colonial ruler France to seek closer ties with Russia. Their Foreign Ministers met Friday in Niger’s capital Niamey to agree on a…

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Burkina Faso Suspends BBC and Voice of America after covering report on mass killings

April 26, 2024 admin

File picture of mural in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. | Photo Credit: AP Burkina Faso suspended the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Voice of America (VOA) radio stations for their coverage of a report by Human Rights Watch on a mass killing of civilians carried out by the country’s armed forces. Burkina Faso’s communication spokesperson, Tonssira…

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