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Apollinaire Joachimson Kyelem de Tambela, Prime Minister of Burkina Faso replaced Thursday Minister of Industrial Development, Trade, Handicrafts and Small and Medium Enterprises, Donatien Nagalo and Minister of Urban Planning, Land Affairs and Housing, Yacouba Dié, both wanted out of his cabinet. In a decree announcing the reshuffle, the Premier replaced Nagalo with Serge Gnaniodem […]
French President Emmanuel Macron will officially announce on Wednesday (9 November) the end of the anti-jihadist Operation Barkhane in the Sahel, but this will have no impact on the French military presence in the region, according to a statement from the Elysee Palace. This announcement comes a little less than three months after the withdrawal […]
Donatien Nagalo, Burkina Faso’s Minister of Industrial development, Trade, Crafts and Small and Medium-sized enterprises, stepped down Tuesday amid growing protests against his appointment by traders who accuse him of fraud and embezzlement, Anadolu news agency reports. “I Sincerely and honestly recognize that I am an honest and honest Burkinabe citizen, dedicated and committed to […]
Burkina Faso authorities have arrested three captains who had helped former leader lieutenant-colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba to flee to Togo in September, when he was deposed by incumbent captain Ibrahim Traoré. Sidsoré Abdoul Kader Ouedraogo, Hassan Salem Diallo and Didas Charles Ouédraogo reportedly exfiltrated Damiba out of the country to Togo in an aircraft belonging […]
Mali and Burkina Faso agreed Wednesday to jointly confront terrorism and strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the areas of security and defense, Burkina Faso leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré told media as he visited his Malian counterpart Assimi Goita. “The most important thing for us in the current situation is the security challenge, so […]
Nigerien authorities have shut down the gold mining site of Tamou in the department of Say in reaction to a string of attacks that targeted the site, anadolu news agency reports. Barmini Kaboyé, the Prefet of the department in a decree issued Thursday the site is shut down until further notice. The decree also indicated […]
Burkina Faso’s interim President Ibrahim Traore has assured US diplomats that he has no intention of inviting mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner group to fight militants in the country, US under secretary for political affairs Victoria Nuland said on Wednesday (26 October). Western powers have expressed a concern that Burkina Faso might follow the lead of […]
The conflict-torn Burkina Faso has launched a drive to recruit 50,000 civilian defense volunteers to help the country’s army fight jihadists, the authorities announced. “The mission of these communal VDPs is to protect, alongside the defense and security forces, the people and property of their communes of origin”, in the face of jihadist attacks, according […]
At least 10 soldiers died and around 50 were wounded in Burkina Faso on Monday (24 October) in an assault on an army base and other strategic installations in the northern city of Djibo. The “terrorist attack” hit the 14th regiment at a military base and “other strategic installations in the town“, which has been […]
The Constitutional Council in Burkina Faso announced that the leader of the junta in power in the country Ibrahim Traore will be sworn in on Friday as the President of the transition, less than a month after seizing power. The Constitutional Council “takes note of the resignation” of Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, author of a […]