Tag: Faso
Burkina Faso: at least 22 dead after an attack in the Center-East region
In Burkina Faso, an attack in the central-eastern region, bordering Togo, left at least 22 dead, according to security sources. The attack targeted traders on the Cinkansé-Bittou axis, on the…
France suspends development aid to Burkina Faso
A summit of ECOWAS leaders is scheduled in the coming days to decide on the reaction to have after the expiry, on the night of Sunday to this Monday, August…
Suspected jihadist attack in Burkina Faso
Around 20 people are suspected to have been killed by jihadists in Burkina Faso, security sources say. The attack took place in a region bordering Togo and the victims are…
Coup d’état in Niger: ECOWAS convenes a new summit, Mali and Burkina Faso announce a delegation in Niamey
A few hours after the expiry of the ultimatum issued by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to the Nigerien putschists, ECOWAS convened a second summit of heads…
Burkina Faso: in the midst of a coup in Niger, France suspends its aid
The situation in Niger is beginning to have repercussions in the region. France has decided to suspend “until further notice all its development aid and budget support actions” in Burkina…
President Assoumani persona non grata in Mali and Burkina Faso
President-in-Office of the African Union, the Comorian Head of State Azali Assoumani was due to go to Mali and Burkina Faso from August 14. Postponed visits sine diebecause of the…
Burkina Faso: magistrates angry following the release of a healer by the military
The case makes a lot of noise. A traditional healer managed to escape, with the help of soldiers, on the night of Friday to Saturday. The Attorney General explains that…
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…