[ad_1] Military prosecutor says 4 arrested, 2 on run following reports that a coup attempt was thwarted by security services. A coup attempt against Burkina Faso’s...
[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that French troops would be withdrawn from Niger in the next couple of months, in the wake of a...
[ad_1] A group of high-ranking military officers in the West African nation of Gabon announced on public television Wednesday that they were “putting an end to...
[ad_1] Johannesburg — Hundreds of people joined demonstrations in Niger’s capital city of Niamey on Thursday, protesting against sanctions imposed on the country by many of...
[ad_1] CNN — General Salifou Mody, one of the Niger officers who seized power in a military coup last week, visited Mali on Wednesday, according to...
[ad_1] PARIS — An ongoing military coup in Niger is threatening to destabilize one of the last Western allies in Africa’s Sahel region. On Wednesday night,...
[ad_1] CNN — At least 44 civilians were killed in two separate attacks on villages in northern Burkina Faso, authorities there said. A local governor, Rodolphe...
[ad_1] French President Emmanuel Macron called on Monday for his country to build “a new, balanced relationship” with Africa, as the former colonial power seeks to...
[ad_1] CNN — The military government of Burkina Faso has demanded the departure of French troops from the country, according to the government press agency Agence...
[ad_1] In a story published January 2, 2023, about the French ambassador in Burkina Faso, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Burkina Faso has expelled the...
[ad_1] OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Volunteer militia groups supporting Burkina Faso’s army have killed dozens of civilians of the ethnic Fulani group, including children, in...
[ad_1] President Nana Akufo-Addo alleged during the US-Africa Leaders Summit that Burkina Faso has hired Russian mercenaries. Burkina Faso has summoned Ghana’s ambassador to protest allegations...
[ad_1] CONAKRY, Guinea — The government led by Guinea’s coup leader reached an agreement late Friday with West African regional mediators on a schedule for holding...
[ad_1] CNN — The mediator sent to Burkina Faso by West Africa’s main political and economic bloc ECOWAS, Mahamadou Issoufou, on Tuesday said he was satisfied...
[ad_1] OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s new junta leader said Monday that the West African nation will still aim to hold an election by...
[ad_1] Reuters — As a heavily armed convoy drove through a cheering crowd in Burkina Faso’s capital on Sunday morning, the boyish face of the country’s...
[ad_1] OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Regional mediators were headed to Burkina Faso on Monday in the wake of the West African country’s second coup this year...
[ad_1] OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s new junta leadership called for an end to the unrest Sunday, a day after angry protesters attacked the French...
[ad_1] OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Angry protesters attacked the French Embassy in Burkina Faso’s capital on Saturday after supporters of the West African nation’s new coup...
[ad_1] Press Release – updated: Jan 30, 2018 OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso, January 30, 2018 (Newswire.com) – The latest from ZUMA Press Wire Service says The Bill...