Home Burkina Faso

Search Result for: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso To Withdraw Imperialist Mining Permits Who Denied Selling The Country Equipment Components
PoliticsSecurity

Burkina Faso to Revoke Mining Permits from Companies Refusing to Sell Equipment

Burkina Faso’s Head of State, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, stated that the country would withdraw its mining permits from countries that refuse to sell...

World

Benin Denies Traoré’s Accusations Of Destabilisating Burkina Faso 

Benin has responded to accusations made by Burkina Faso’s junta leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, that Benin and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire are...

News

Burkina Faso Adopts Draft Law To Criminalise Homosexuality

Burkina Faso has adopted a draft amendment to the country’s family code to criminalise homosexuality. This was confirmed during the weekly Council of...

ECOWAS Appoints President Faye To Mediate With Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso Leaders
NewsSecurity

ECOWAS Appoints President Faye To Mediate With Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso Leaders

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has appointed the Senegalese President, Basirou Diomaye Faye as the mediator between ECOWAS and the...

Burkina Faso’s Captain Ibrahim Traore (L) sit next to Niger’s General Abdourahamane Tiani (R) upon his arrival in Niamey on July 5, 2024.
News

Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso Form New Confederation, Vows to Improve Use of Local Languages

The military regimes of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger signed a treaty on Saturday for the creation of a new confederation called the...

Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso Solidify Break from ECOWAS
News

Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso Solidify Break from ECOWAS, Form New Alliance

The military regimes of Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso have officially marked their separation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),...

ECOWAS
NewsWorld

ECOWAS To Terminate $500M Projects In Mali, Niger, And Burkina Faso Over Decision To Leave ECOWAS

The President of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Dr Omar Touray, has warned that Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger...

Traoré Health Education Agriculture
PoliticsWorld

Burkina Faso Extends Military Rule by Five Years

Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta will stay in power for five years. This announcement came after the national talks at the capital, Ouagadougou,...

Customs Intercepts Fish Truck Heading for Burkina Faso in Kumasi Warehouse
NewsSecurity

Customs Intercepts Fish Truck Bound for Burkina Faso at Kumasi Warehouse

On Sunday, Customs officers of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), on notice of diversion, intercepted a truck loaded with fish headed to Burkina...

NewsSecurityWorld

Burkina Faso Suspends BBC, VOA For Coverage Of Mass Killing Report

Burkina Faso suspended the BBC and Voice of America (VOA) from broadcasting for two weeks due to their coverage of a Human Rights...

Human RightsWorld

Over 200 Civilians Killed in Burkina Faso Military Raid, Says Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has reported that Burkina Faso’s military forces killed 223 civilians, including babies and children, during a raid on two...

Burkina Faso gives three French diplomats 48 hours to leave the country
NewsPolitics

Burkina Faso gives three French diplomats 48 hours to leave the country

Burkina Faso’s leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, has expelled three French diplomats for alleged subversive activities, according to reports by Reuters on Thursday, stating...