
Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has vowed to intervene directly in the country’s football federation despite the risk of sanctions from...
ByWest Africa WeeklyOctober 8, 2026Burkina Faso has opened its first gold refinery, a move the military government says will allow the country to process more of its...
ByWest Africa WeeklySeptember 29, 2026Burkina Faso’s military government has adopted strict new regulations requiring non-governmental organisations to allocate at least 80 per cent of their total budgets...
ByWest Africa WeeklySeptember 28, 2026Ghana’s state-owned fuel distributor BOST Energies has reduced diesel and gasoline exports to Burkina Faso and Mali since August, prioritising domestic demand as...
ByWest Africa WeeklySeptember 18, 2026The Libyan Foreign Bank, a state-owned investment bank, has filed an international arbitration claim against Burkina Faso at the World Bank Group’s International...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 31, 2026Russia is expanding its military reach across Africa’s Sahel through an air shadow fleet of state and private aircraft supplying operations in Mali,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 24, 2026The Ghana National Tomatoes Traders and Transporters Association has expressed skepticism about a newly signed defence cooperation agreement between Ghana and Burkina Faso,...
ByWest Africa WeeklyAugust 14, 2026Burkina Faso’s media regulator has slapped French broadcaster Canal+ with a second, much larger fine, accusing it of failing to provide free access...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 30, 2026Burkina Faso has recorded more than $6 billion worth of gold through official channels in the first half of 2026, as the military-led...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 27, 2026Burkina Faso’s transitional President, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has declared that Sharia law will never be allowed in the country, reaffirming the nation’s secular...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 23, 2026Burkina Faso has secured a $300 million financing package to build its largest-ever power plant, a 119-megawatt thermal facility in Ouagadougou that is...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 22, 2026Ibrahim Traore, the head of Burkina Faso, has issued a stark warning to anyone seeking to challenge his authority, declaring that he will...
ByWest Africa WeeklyJuly 22, 2026