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Africa: Burkina Faso

Captain Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso's junta leader, seized power in the West African nation on September 30, 2022.  By OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT AFPFile

Burkina Faso detains four officers after thwarted coup

Sep 28, 2023 | Africa: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso said on Thursday that four officers had been detained, a day after the military government announced it had ...

Sep 28, 2023 | Africa: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's military junta said on Wednesday that a coup attempt had been thwarted the previous day by security and i ...

Sep 26, 2023 | Africa: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's junta-led government has suspended the print and online operations of French news outlet Jeune Afrique ...

Sep 22, 2023 | Africa: Burkina Faso

The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) executive board approved a $300 million loan agreement for the West African nati ...

Sep 17, 2023 | Africa: Burkina Faso

The military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Saturday signed a mutual defence pact, ministerial delegations f ...

Sep 16, 2023 | Africa: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's foreign ministry has notified France of the expulsion of the embassy's military attache for subversive a ...

Aug 16, 2023 | Africa: Burkina Faso

Dakar, August 15, 2023 mdash;Authorities in Benin and Burkina Faso must immediately lift their respective suspensions of ...

Jul 18, 2023 | Africa: Burkina Faso

Dakar, July 17, 2023 mdash;Burkinab egrave; authorities should immediately reverse the suspension of French television n ...

May 31, 2023 | Africa: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's prime minister on Tuesday ruled out any negotiations with jihadist insurgents that have taken control of ...

Apr 28, 2023 | Africa: Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso's military-run government on Thursday broke its silence over a massacre carried out by men in army uniform, ...

Apr 24, 2023 | Africa: Burkina Faso

At least 60 civilians were killed in a village in northern Burkina Faso by men wearing military uniforms, the local pros ...

Apr 17, 2023 | Africa: Burkina Faso

At least 32 defence volunteers and 10 soldiers have died in suspected jihadist attacks in insurgency-hit northern Burkin ...

Apr 4, 2023 | Africa: Burkina Faso

New York, April 3, 2023 ndash; Authorities in Burkina Faso on Saturday, April 1, expelled Agn egrave;s Faivre and Sophi ...

Apr 2, 2023 | Africa: Burkina Faso

The military authorities in Burkina Faso have expelled correspondents from France's Le Monde and Libération[/I ...