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Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré Defies FIFA, Vows to Intervene in Football Federation After 7-0 Argentina Humiliation
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...
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Launch Joint TV Channel Tafouk TV to Challenge Western Media
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have launched a joint television channel called Tafouk TV, a new regional broadcaster intended to promote the three...
Burkina Faso’s Traoré Says God Is Angry With Black People for Refusing to Use Their Brains
Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, has said God is angry with Black people because they have refused to use their brains,...
Burkina Faso Opens First Gold Refinery to Process Its Own Gold
Burkina Faso has opened its first gold refinery, a move the military government says will allow the country to process more of its...
Burkina Faso Orders NGOs to Spend 80% of Budgets Locally as Russia Fills Void Left by West
Burkina Faso’s military government has adopted strict new regulations requiring non-governmental organisations to allocate at least 80 per cent of their total budgets...
Ghana Cuts Fuel Exports to Burkina Faso and Mali to Protect Its Own Supply
Ghana’s state-owned fuel distributor BOST Energies has reduced diesel and gasoline exports to Burkina Faso and Mali since August, prioritising domestic demand as...
Traore Launches $30 Million Textile Complex to Cut Burkina Faso’s Reliance on Clothing Imports
Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traore, has inaugurated a $30 million textile complex in Bobo-Dioulasso, a project his government presents as a...
Libyan State Bank Drags Burkina Faso to World Bank Tribunal Over Nationalised Bank
The Libyan Foreign Bank, a state-owned investment bank, has filed an international arbitration claim against Burkina Faso at the World Bank Group’s International...
Russia Builds Air Shadow Fleet Across Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger as US and Europe Raise Alarm
Russia is expanding its military reach across Africa’s Sahel through an air shadow fleet of state and private aircraft supplying operations in Mali,...
Ghana Traders Question New Defence Deal with Burkina Faso Over Security Concerns
The Ghana National Tomatoes Traders and Transporters Association has expressed skepticism about a newly signed defence cooperation agreement between Ghana and Burkina Faso,...
Zimbabwean Businessman Lands US$4.6 Billion Construction, Mining Deal in Burkina Faso
Zimbabwean conglomerate Prevail Group, owned by businessman and Presidential adviser Dr Paul Tungwarara, has signed a landmark agreement with Burkina Faso’s National Bureau...
Tinubu Blames Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger for Nigeria’s Insecurity, Shifts Blame as Citizens Die
President Bola Tinubu has attributed the surge in insecurity across Nigeria to instability in neighbouring Sahel countries, claiming that problems in Burkina Faso,...