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Burkina Faso: despite threats, civil society maintains its October 31 meeting
The collective of around fifteen civil society organizations confirms that its gathering planned for October 31 is being maintained despite the threats made on social networks. During a press conference…
Burkina Faso: the Confederation of Burkina Workers attacks the transitional government
The union world is grumbling in Burkina Faso. During a meeting of the General Confederation of Workers of Burkina Faso (CGTB), its general secretary engaged in a formal criticism of…
Russia is building a nuclear power plant in Burkina Faso
Share the article Save the article fullscreenNuclear power plant in Belarus, built by Russian Rosatom. Similar power plants can now be built in Africa. Archive image. Photo: Sergei Grits/AP/TT Russia…
Russia is building a nuclear power plant in Burkina Faso
Today, just under a quarter of the population has access to electricity, which is mostly imported from Ghana and the Ivory Coast. The junta has ruled Burkina Faso since last…
No new elections in sight in Burkina Faso
full screen The leader of the military junta in Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore. Archive image. Photo: Kilaye Bationo/AP/TT Holding elections in Burkina Faso is not a “priority” in relation to…
Burkina Faso: were the putschists subjected to a “coup attempt”?
The security situation continues to deteriorate. The transitional government in Burkina Faso claimed, this Wednesday, September 27, to have foiled “an attempted coup d’état” the day before, almost a year…
“Alliance of Sahel States”: details of the military agreement signed by Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso
West Africa’s military coup regimes now have their own common military defense agreement. On Saturday September 16, the ministerial delegations of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger announced in Bamako the…
Paris suspends artistic cooperation in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, the French cultural community scandalized
Shock in the cultural sector in France, particularly among performing arts professionals: cultural establishments subsidized by the State must suspend all collaboration with Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso. 5 mins…
Burkina Faso: the silence of the government after the refusal of the extradition of François Compaoré by the ECHR questions
In Burkina Faso, professional media organizations are questioning the government’s silence following the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in the extradition case of François Compaoré, younger…
Burkina Faso: healer sentenced to 3 years in prison in high-profile case
Larissa Nikiema was sentenced on September 6, 2023 in Ouagadougou to 3 years in prison and a fine of 1 million CFA francs, all suspended, for acts of kidnapping. She…