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3 days, 13 hours ago

France’s military is being ousted from more African countries. Here’s why

DAKAR, Senegal — It’s been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its influence on the continent faces the biggest challenge in decades. “Chad’s decision marks the final nail in the coffin of France’s post-colonial military dominance in the entire Sahel region,” said Mucahid Durmaz, a senior analyst at global risk consultancy Verisk …

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4 days, 6 hours ago

Burkina Faso releases four French nationals after detaining them for a year

Associated Press

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s junta-led government said Thursday that it had released four French nationals it called spies, following Morocco-mediated negotiations with France. Ibrahim Traore, the country’s president, welcomed Morocco’s diplomatic efforts and noted that France and Burkina Faso’s relations had soured in recent years. Their detention came at a low point in France’s relations with its former …

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1 week ago

Burkina Faso plunges into civil war as strategy to hire civilian militia backfires

Firstpost

Ibrahim Traoré took power in a 2022 coup, the country has been embroiled in an escalating war against Islamic insurgents, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths and nearly 3 million people displaced, according to a report Burkina Faso, once known for its tolerance and peaceful interethnic relations, is now at the centre of one of West Africa’s deadliest conflicts. …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger agree to grace period in ECOWAS withdrawal

Al Jazeera

The Economic Community of West African States hopes to use this time to convince the three nations to stay in the bloc. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will have a six-month grace period following their exit from the Economic Community of West African States, scheduled for January 29, a year after the countries announced their intentions to leave. The decision, …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Niger junta suspends BBC accusing it of ‘spreading false news’ in coverage of attack

Associated Press

DAKAR, Senegal — Niger’s ruling junta suspended the BBC for three months over the broadcaster’s coverage of an extremist attack that allegedly killed dozens of Nigerien soldiers and civilians, authorities said Thursday. “BBC broadcasts false information aimed at destabilizing social calm and undermining the troops’ morale,” communications minister Raliou Sidi Mohamed said in letters to radio stations that rebroadcast BBC …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Burkina Faso junta appoints new prime minister

Associated Press

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta appointed a new prime minister, a day after dissolving the government without providing any reason. Rimtalba Jean Emmanuel Ouedraogo, until now communications minister and spokesperson of the government, will be the West African country’s new prime minister, junta leader Ibrahim Traore said in a presidential decree read on state television Saturday. …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Burkina Faso's military leader dissolves government, sacks prime minister

Firstpost

The west African country was plunged into instability by a January 2022 coup in which Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba seized power from elected president Roch Marc Christian Kabore Burkina Faso’s ruling military leader on Friday dismissed the country’s prime minister and dissolved the government, according to a presidential decree transmitted to AFP. “The prime minister’s official functions are terminated,” said …

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Burkina Faso's military junta sacks the prime minister and dissolves the government

The Independent

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Burkina Faso’s military junta sacks the prime minister and dissolves the government

Associated Press

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta issued a decree Friday dismissing Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela and announcing the dissolution of the national government. The junta in Burkina Faso seized power in September 2022 by ousting the military rule of Lt. Col. Paul Henri Sandaogo Damiba about eight months after it staged a coup to …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Mali cuts TV news station’s signal over broadcast criticizing Burkina Faso’s ruling junta

Associated Press

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s ruling junta cut the signal of the popular news broadcaster Joliba TV News after a prominent politician criticized the military rulers of neighboring Burkina Faso during a televised debate, a journalist for the channel said Tuesday. “This morning, the authorities cut off our TV channel signal, but we’re still hopeful that they’ll restore it soon,” Attaher …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Islamic State a ‘ticking time bomb’ in Africa, warns top US counterterror official

Firstpost

Head of the US National Counterterrorism Center Brett Holmgren has said that ISIS has “prioritised Africa as a growth opportunity”, and that could spell trouble for the US, according to a report Nigeriens, some holding Russian flags, participate in a march in Niamey, Niger, on July 30, 2023. In an interview to Politico, Brett Holmgren, the head of the US …

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1 month ago

Africa’s junta-led nations use music to push their latest anti-imperialism drive

Associated Press

NIAMEY, Niger — Thousands from the junta-led countries in Africa’s Sahel region gathered this week in the Nigerien capital of Niamey, with music and cultural displays, to condemn what they called the West’s imperialist agenda and to drive support for their military regimes. Conference delegates – including pro-junta youth, women and civil society groups as well as allies from across …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Mali arrests top politician for criticizing Burkina Faso’s ruling junta

Associated Press

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s ruling junta arrested one of the country’s top politicians Wednesday for criticizing the military rulers of neighboring Burkina Faso, according to his son and a judiciary source. Issa Kaou N’Djim, who previously supported Mali’s current military leader Col. Assimi Goita before distancing himself, was arrested on charges of insulting a foreign head of state, which is …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Theater festival offers solace in Burkina Faso, a nation torn by violence

Hindustan Times

OUGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African country of Burkina Faso. Theater festival offers solace in Burkina Faso, a nation torn by violence She fled her village after it was attacked by extremists, leaving her husband and her farm behind. Every day for …

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Theater festival offers solace in Burkina Faso, a nation torn by violence

Associated Press

OUGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The last three years have been tough for Fanta Charlotte Dabone, a mother of three from the conflict-battered West African country of Burkina Faso. Every day for a week, together with dozens of other Burkinabe men and women who have been displaced by extremist violence, she swirled, danced and chanted for almost two hours in front …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Russia, Burkina Faso talk military cooperation

Hindustan Times

Oct 9 - Russia's Defence Minister Andrei Belousov and prime minister of Burkina Faso, Apollinaire J. Kyelem de Tambela, discussed in Moscow expanding military ties, the Russian defence ministry said on Tuesday. Russia, Burkina Faso talk military cooperation WHY IS IT IMPORTANT Moscow has been pursuing a combination of military, diplomatic, and economic interests in Africa, vying with the West …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

600 people shot dead within hours by Al Qaeda in Burkina Faso: Report

Hindustan Times

Nearly 600 people were killed within a few hours in Burkina Faso by terrorists linked to Al Qaeda, according to a report by France's top intelligence agencies. People with their belongings piled on a makeshift trailer pulled by two donkeys flee their villages amid a terror attack in Burkina Faso. The members of Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, an Al-Qaeda affiliate …

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3 months ago

Armed groups with links to ISIL, al-Qaeda terrorising Burkina Faso: HRW

Al Jazeera

Groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL are accused of ‘massacring villagers, displaced people, and Christian worshippers’. Armed groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL have escalated attacks on civilians in Burkina Faso, Human Rights Watch has said in a report. Publishing the report on Wednesday, the NGO documented the killing of at least 128 civilians in seven attacks by …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

China's top political advisor meets Burkina Faso's PM

China Daily

Wang Huning, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets with Burkina Faso's Prime Minister Apollinaire Kyelem de Tambela, who is in Beijing for the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept 4, 2024. BEIJING -- China's top political advisor Wang Huning on Wednesday met with Burkina Faso's …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Burkina Faso massacre: Al-Qaida group kills more than 100 people in one of the worst jihadi attacks

India TV News

Abuja: At least 100 villagers and soldiers were killed in central Burkina Faso during a weekend attack on a village by al-Qaida-linked jihadis, according to videos of the violence analyzed by a regional specialist, who described the assault as one of the deadliest this year in the conflict-battered West African nation. Villagers in the Barsalogho commune, which is 80 kilometres …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

At least 100 people killed in central Burkina Faso in latest jihadi attack

Associated Press

ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 100 villagers and soldiers were killed in central Burkina Faso during a weekend attack on a village by al-Qaida-linked jihadis, according to videos of the violence analyzed by a regional specialist, who described the assault as one of the deadliest this year in the conflict-battered West African nation. Villagers in the Barsalogho commune, which is …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Dozens killed in attack in Burkina Faso, say sources

The Hindu

Civilians are among the dozens of people killed in an attack by militants in Burkina Faso, local and security sources told AFP on Sunday. A local resident told AFP by phone that the assault happened around 9:00 am on Saturday, when “terrorist groups attacked the village, killing numerous civilians and security personnel”. A second security source said that “the response …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Nearly 200 people dead: What’s behind armed attacks in Burkina Faso?

Al Jazeera

With half the country not under government control, al-Qaeda affiliate JNIM is increasingly targeting civilians. Here’s what you need to know about the attacks in Burkina Faso, JNIM, and how the ruling military government has fared in fighting the group. JNIM is one of several armed groups operating in Burkina Faso and across the Sahel aiming to establish an Islamic …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Up to 200 people killed in attack in central Burkina Faso

Al Jazeera

An armed group linked to al-Qaeda, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, has claimed responsibility for what it says was an attack that killed up to 200 people and injured at least 140 in central Burkina Faso. Haque noted that the Burkina Faso army knew on Friday that an attack was going to happen and called on the population to dig trenches. …

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France’s military is being ousted from more African countries. Here’s why

Burkina Faso releases four French nationals after detaining them for a year

Burkina Faso plunges into civil war as strategy to hire civilian militia backfires

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger agree to grace period in ECOWAS withdrawal

Niger junta suspends BBC accusing it of ‘spreading false news’ in coverage of attack

Burkina Faso junta appoints new prime minister

Burkina Faso's military leader dissolves government, sacks prime minister

Burkina Faso's military junta sacks the prime minister and dissolves the government

Burkina Faso’s military junta sacks the prime minister and dissolves the government

Mali cuts TV news station’s signal over broadcast criticizing Burkina Faso’s ruling junta

Islamic State a ‘ticking time bomb’ in Africa, warns top US counterterror official

Africa’s junta-led nations use music to push their latest anti-imperialism drive

Mali arrests top politician for criticizing Burkina Faso’s ruling junta

Theater festival offers solace in Burkina Faso, a nation torn by violence

Theater festival offers solace in Burkina Faso, a nation torn by violence

Russia, Burkina Faso talk military cooperation

600 people shot dead within hours by Al Qaeda in Burkina Faso: Report

Armed groups with links to ISIL, al-Qaeda terrorising Burkina Faso: HRW

China's top political advisor meets Burkina Faso's PM

Burkina Faso massacre: Al-Qaida group kills more than 100 people in one of the worst jihadi attacks

At least 100 people killed in central Burkina Faso in latest jihadi attack

Dozens killed in attack in Burkina Faso, say sources

Nearly 200 people dead: What’s behind armed attacks in Burkina Faso?

Up to 200 people killed in attack in central Burkina Faso