Burkina Faso

  • May 18, 2023
  • 7 min read

Burkinabe army abuses may undermine mobilisation aims

The army has been credibly accused of massacring some 150 civilians in northern Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso
  • May 15, 2023
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Wagner's influence in Africa may prove exaggerated

US intelligence leaks have highlighted Western concerns over Russia's Wagner Group mercenary organisation in Africa

Africa
  • Mar 14, 2023
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Political parties will struggle in Burkina Faso

A major February 17 jihadist ambush killed at least 51 soldiers

Burkina Faso
  • Dec 21, 2022
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Burkina Faso security reforms will require resources

Junta leader Ibrahim Traore has undertaken a major military reorganisation and expansion of vigilante forces

Burkina Faso
  • Dec 12, 2022
  • 7 min read

Insecurity will limit Sahel-coastal West Africa trade

Trade connections between landlocked Sahelian countries and coastal West African ones have been growing

West Africa
  • Oct 20, 2022
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School closures in West Africa to leave lasting damage

As jihadists spread across the Sahel and wider West Africa, school operations are increasingly disrupted

West Africa
  • Oct 20, 2022
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Burkina Faso junta faces pressure to deliver results

Captain Ibrahim Traore is the new head of Burkina Faso's military junta after taking power in a September 30 coup

Burkina Faso
  • Aug 10, 2022
  • 7 min read

Africa’s Great Green Wall project may lose momentum

The Great Green Wall aims to stop desertification by planting trees all the way from Senegal to Djibouti

Africa