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African countries have been divided over the vote in the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday (12 October) that in the end condemned Russia’s “illegal annexation” of Ukrainian territories after Moscow vetoed a similar text in the Security Council in late September. Twenty-six African countries voted in favor of, while nineteen others abstained in the […]
Several hundred students demonstrated Tuesday (11 October) in a city in northern Burkina Faso to claim their “right to education,“ while hundreds of displaced girls in Cameroon have protested against the conflicts that have disrupted or halted their education. in Djibo, the main city in northern Burkina Faso, which has been under a jihadi blockade […]
Captain Ibrahim Traoré was appointed president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday (5 October), less than a week after the latest coup that deposed Damiba amid growing violence in the Sahel. The Sahel country plunged into political turmoil on 30 September after the second coup in less than nine months that saw a group of officers […]
Evgueni Viktorovitch Prigojine, founder of Russian private security company Wagner, has blessed last Friday military coup in Burkina Faso, and said that the new leader Captain Ibrahim Traoré is a true son of the West African country. “I salute and support Captain Ibrahim Traoré,” Prigojine said. Traore, 34, took over power last Friday and removed […]
The ECOWAS mediator for Burkina Faso has ended his visit to the country in the wake of last week’s coup, the second in eight months, whose main objectives were to establish relations with the new junta leader and to reinforce a two-year transition period for the country to return to democracy set up under the […]
The Moroccan government has expressed its deep concern over the situation in Burkina Faso and urged all parties to show restraint to avoid turmoil and instability in this West African country. In a statement issued Monday by foreign ministry, Rabat called on all stakeholders in Burkina Faso to give priority to the supreme national interest […]
African Union chief joins regional leaders from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in condemning the removal of military leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba in a coup – the second in less than a year — as the United Nations has voiced concern about the situation in the country and the European Union denounced […]
Morocco’s embassy in Ouagadougou established a cell to monitor the situation in Burkina Faso in the aftermath of the recent coup d’état. The embassy said in a statement that the cell seeks to stay updated and reassured about the situation of the Moroccan community settled in the country. “The embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco […]
Calm returned to the streets of Burkina Faso’s capital, Ouagadougou, on Saturday, the day after a coup d’état, the second in eight months, which resulted in a change at the head of this country, undermined by jihadist violence. Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who himself came to power in January following a putsch, was removed from […]
Heavy gunfire rang out early Friday in Burkina Faso’s capital — near the presidential palace, the main military camp and some residential areas — and the state broadcaster went off the air, sparking fears of a mutiny nine months after a military coup d’etat overthrew the country’s president. Soldiers are reported to have taken up […]