Burkina Faso recruits 50 000 civilians to help battle jihadists
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso this week launched a drive to recruit 50 000 civilian defence volunteers to help the... Read more
27 Oct, 2022
Burkina Faso ‘terrorist’ attack kills 10 soldiers
Ouagadougou – At least 10 Burkina Faso soldiers died and around 50 were wounded on Monday in an assault... Read more
25 Oct, 2022
Burkina coup leader says country in ‘danger’ as he takes office
Ouagadougou – Ibrahim Traore, the young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, became interim president... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
Burkina junta head to officially become president on Friday
Ouagadougou – Ibrahim Traore, the young army captain who led the latest coup in Burkina Faso, will be inaugurated... Read more
21 Oct, 2022
Jihadist fears cast shadow on Niger-Benin border
Gaya – Observers of troubled West Africa have long fretted that jihadists who have rampaged across the Sahel are... Read more
18 Oct, 2022
Jihadists kill 11 in Burkina Faso ambush: security sources
Ouagadougou – Jihadists killed at least three soldiers and eight civilian auxiliaries in an attack Saturday in Burkina Faso’s volatile... Read more
16 Oct, 2022
At 34, Burkina Faso’s new junta chief is world’s youngest leader
Ouagadougou – Just two weeks ago, 34-year-old Ibrahim Traore was an unknown, even in his native Burkina Faso. But... Read more
15 Oct, 2022
‘Great sadness’ for artists after French venue ransacked in Burkina coup
Ouagadougou – The day after Burkina Faso’s latest coup, protesters attacked the French Institute, wrecking not just a symbol of... Read more
14 Oct, 2022
The coups, the Judge and ‘The Trial’: Burkinabe bar pokes fun at chaos
Ouagadougou – In Le Proces, or “The Trial”, a bar in Ouagadougou, artist and co-founder Patrick Kabre works the... Read more
12 Oct, 2022
Burkina Faso to pick transition president: decree
Ouagadougou – Burkina Faso said on Saturday that a process to pick a transitional president to serve ahead of... Read more
9 Oct, 2022
