Burkina Faso

  • Oct 20, 2022
  • 7 min read

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
  • 7 min read

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
  • Oct 6, 2022
  • 2 min read

Burkinabe junta will face growing pressures

New junta leader Captain Ibrahim Traore yesterday formally assumed the presidency of the country

Burkina Faso
  • Oct 3, 2022
  • 2 min read

Burkina Faso: New coup may lead to Russia opening

Former President Former President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba yesterday formally resigned following a September 30 coup

Burkina Faso
  • Sep 30, 2022
  • 2 min read

Coup attempt will weaken Burkina Faso

Gunfire broke out this morning in Ouagadougou and a coup attempt seems to be under way

Burkina Faso
  • Sep 27, 2022
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French aid to Burkina Faso may face local pushback

France has apparently offered some EUR15mn in budget aid and a military assistance package

Burkina Faso
  • Sep 22, 2022
  • 2 min read

French visit will reduce tensions with Burkina Faso

France has made an effort to cool increasingly tense relations between the French and Burkinabe militaries

Burkina Faso
  • Sep 13, 2022
  • 2 min read

Damiba's cabinet move may weaken Burkinabe junta

President Damiba yesterday announced that he would personally take the place of Defence Minister Barthelemy Simpore

Burkina Faso