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Burkina Faso’s Military Government Reinstates Death Penalty Eight Years After Abolition
Burkina Faso’s military government has reinstated the death penalty, the justice ministry announced on Tuesday, following a unanimous vote by the West African...
Burkina Faso Bans Privatisation of Strategic State Enterprises in Sweeping Economic Sovereignty Law
Burkina Faso’s People’s Legislative Assembly has adopted a new law prohibiting the full or partial privatisation of state-owned enterprises classified as strategic, while...
Traoré’s Two Books Raise CFA 125 Million for Burkina Faso’s Patriotic Support Fund
Two books centred on the actions and vision of Burkina Faso’s military leader, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, have generated 125.01 million CFA francs, over...
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,...