Tag: Faso
Burkina Faso: kidnapping of Issouf Nikiema, former deputy and mayor, near Ouagadougou
In Burkina Faso, demonstration of several young people in the night from Friday to Saturday, on the southern outskirts of Ouagadougou. They are protesting against what they consider to be…
ECOWAS sends Patrice Talon on a mission to the juntas in Guinea, Mali and Burkina Faso
The new current president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Bola Tinubu received on Tuesday July 18 in Nigeria his Beninese counterparts Patrice Talon and Bissau-Guinean Umaro…
Burkina Faso: death of Pierre Ouédraogo, former companion of Thomas Sankara
In Burkina Faso, Colonel Pierre Ouédraogo died on Thursday July 13. A companion of Thomas Sankara, this former air force officer took an active part in the 1983 revolution. Thomas…
Burkina Faso: the TV series “Welcome to Kikidéni” in the middle of filming its 3rd season
Return of the popular series Welcome to Kikidéni for a new season for a third installment of a triptych started in 2005. The first season was entitled Trois hommes un…
Cabinet reshuffle in Burkina Faso
The president of the transition, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has decided to carry out a reorganization of his government. There are four departures from the old team and four new appointments,…
Burkina Faso: the seals of the newspaper “L’Événement” have been lifted
In Burkina Faso, the newspaper L’Événement speaks of a “first victory”. Its premises had been sealed off last week, June 2, due to tax arrears. They were finally lifted on…
Burkina Faso: the Prime Minister wants to endow the country with a new Constitution
Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela, the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, spoke this Tuesday, May 30 before the Transitional Legislative Assembly. He presented his speech on “the state of the…
Burkina Faso: a national day of fasting and prayers for peace
In Burkina Faso, the government organized a national day of fasting and prayers for peace and social cohesion this Saturday, May 20. Throughout the territory, all religious denominations and customary…
Doctor freed after seven years in captivity in Burkina Faso
Kenneth Elliott, from the city of Perth on Australia’s west coast, is said to be doing well and has been reunited with his wife Jocelyn and their children, Australian Foreign…
Release of two Moroccan cyclists kidnapped at the border between Burkina Faso and Niger
Two Moroccan cyclists, missing on the border between Burkina Faso and Niger, have been found safe and sound after being kidnapped in April, the Moroccan news agency MAP announced on…