Tag: Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso acquires military equipment worth $415m to fight terrorism
Burkina Faso has acquired military equipment including drones and armored vehicles worth around $415 million to beef up the army’s capacity in the fight against ... Read More
Qatar grants Burkina Faso $3m to support emergency education
Qatar and Burkina Faso signed Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in which the Gulf country through its Fund for development (QFFD) will back education ... Read More
Burkina Faso, AfDB ink financing agreements of six projects
Burkina Faso and the African Development Bank (AfDB) signed Monday 10 agreements for financing six projects in the West African country to the tune of ... Read More
Burkina Faso held reburial ceremony of former revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara
The body of Burkina Faso's revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara was buried Thursday alongside 12 of his comrades at the spot where they were assassinated 36 ... Read More
Burkina Faso: Dozens of soldiers killed in jihadi attack as French forces are on way out
Last week's jihadi attack on a Burkina Faso army unit, which has reportedly claimed lives of at least 51 soldiers, came while some 400 French ... Read More
Algeria heads on with inhuman expulsion of Sub-Saharan migrants
Algeria has flashed out in recent days close to 900 sub-Saharan migrants as the country closes ears to criticism of its inhuman expulsion of Africans ... Read More
Three sanction-hit west African countries seek re-entry to AU and ECOWAS
Foreign ministers from Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali, all of which recently underwent military coups, have called for their reinstatement into the African Union (AU) ... Read More
Africa’s new alliance in the making? — Burkina, Guinea, Mali junta regimes hold talks
Foreign ministers from three west African nations ruled by military regimes — namely Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso — all of whom came to power ... Read More
Doctors Without Borders lose two staff in Burkina Faso
Two staff members of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) have been killed in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, in northwestern Burkina Faso – forcing the charity ... Read More
Burkina Faso scolds France24 for referring to jihadists as “Islamist rebels”
Burkina Faso’s media watchdog Conseil Supérieur de la Communication (CSC) has given a notice to French media France24 for unprofessionalism after the outlet allegedly reported ... Read More