Tag: Burkina Faso
new series of clashes between terrorists and regular forces
Several soldiers and VDP auxiliaries fell under the bullets of armed terrorist groups in the east of the country between Friday and Monday. 1 min In four days, attacks north…
Visiting Ghana, Senegalese president pledges to defend democracy in West Africa
Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye is on an official trip to Ghana on Friday May 17 after visiting Nigeria the day before. Alongside the Nigerian Bola Tinubu, also current president…
soldiers film videos bragging about army violence against civilians
New particularly violent videos and photos document several massacres of civilians (men, women, children) committed in Burkina Faso in recent months. Massacres perpetrated by soldiers of the Burkinabè army, according…
the government is looking for those who have not done their national patriotic service
Since 2023, a law indicates that all Burkinabè aged 18 to 35 must now do their national patriotic service (SNP). This week, the government launched an appeal to the public…
appointments in May 2024
In New York, Paris, Brussels, Geneva, Lille, Dakar, Cannes, Bordeaux, Tangier, Montreuil, Marseille, Togo… Indoors or outdoors, here are 22 events of Afro or African culture not to be missed…
the authorities suspend TV5 Monde and several sites such as Le Monde, Deutsche Welle and Apanews
Since Sunday in Burkina Faso, we can no longer watch TV5 Monde or go to the newspaper’s news sites. The worldDeutsche Welle and the African press agency Apanews. 3 mins…
Côte d’Ivoire wishes to support the voluntary return of more than 55,000 Burkinabè refugees
At the end of the third meeting of the Coordination Committee relating to the management of refugees in the North, which was held on Wednesday April 24, the authorities initiated…
the “red vests”, a group of young people who threaten critical voices of power
They call themselves the “red vests”. A group of young people presenting themselves on social networks as supporters of the transitional power threaten all discordant voices. They announce that they…
the government reacts to the arrest of a soldier and a civilian auxiliary of the Burkinabè army
On March 27, 2024, a Burkinabè soldier and a civilian auxiliary of the army of this country were arrested for having crossed the border with Ivory Coast. Three weeks later,…
voices are raised to demand respect for the provisions of the Constitution
Several civil society organizations (CSOs) are calling on the transitional power in Burkina Faso. In a statement dated March 27, 2024, they called on President Traoré’s regime to respect all…