The new military leader of Burkina Faso has promised a return to the normal constitutional order "when the conditions are right". Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba led a mutiny that ousted ...
TASS/. The military mutiny in Burkina Faso, which started at some army bases on January 23, is being led by Lieutenant Colonel Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba, news portal Benin Web TV reported on Monday.
Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba, leader of the military junta that overthrew Burkina Faso's president in January, is sworn in as head of state during a ceremony in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso ...
Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore announced his resignation in a statement on Friday and called for a 90-day transition to "free and transparent" elections in the West African country ...
The military Junta ruling Burkina Faso have expelled three French diplomats for alleged subversive activities, according to a government document posted on social media Thursday. The Junta named ...
The French government says a decision by Burkina Faso to expel three of its diplomats was based on unfounded allegations. Earlier the foreign ministry in Ouagadougou said the three advisers in the ...
France said Thursday there were "no legitimate grounds" for Burkina Faso to expel three of its diplomats this week, as tensions increase between the European nation and its former colony.
Burkina Faso, which means “land of honest men,” is a small, very poor, landlocked country in Western Africa, home to over 20 million people. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper ...
The military rulers in Burkina Faso have decided to extend by a year a string of emergency measures aimed at combating jihadist violence. The original decree stipulated that everyone over the age ...
Burkina Faso has experienced a convergence of crises, including inter-ethnic violence, armed conflict, poverty, inequalities, food insecurity, and environmental change. As a result, over 1.4 million ...
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