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1 year, 4 months ago

Niger coup: Divisions as ECOWAS military threat fails to play out

All eyes are on the next move by West African leaders who vowed to attack coup leaders in Niger if they failed to free the detained president and revert back to a democratically elected government. While some observers say the bloc’s hardline stance was prompted by Western allies – the United States and France in particular – ECOWAS’s moves reflect …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Burkina Faso's military junta declares 'general mobilisation' as jihadist attacks rise

Firstpost

Captain Ibrahim Traore, Burkina’s transitional president who staged the most recent coup on 30 September, has set a goal of recapturing 40 percent of the country’s territory, which is controlled by jihadists Burkina Faso’s military junta declared Thursday a “general mobilisation” to provide the state “all necessary means” to combat a string of jihadist attacks since the start of this …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Africa’s largest film festival offers hope in Burkina Faso

Associated Press

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Most film festivals can be counted on to provide entertainment, laced with some introspection. The weeklong FESPACO that opens Saturday in violence-torn Burkina Faso’s capital goes beyond that to also offer hope, and a symbol of endurance: In years of political strife and Islamic extremist attacks, which killed thousands and displaced nearly 2 million in the …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Deaths from jihadi attack on Burkina Faso army rise to 51

Associated Press

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — The death toll from a jihadi attack on a Burkina Faso army unit in the north of the country last week has risen to 51, military officials said Monday, after 43 new bodies were found. Successive governments’ failure to effectively address the problem led to two coups last year, with each military leader vowing to stem …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Love, determination and risking all to cross the Mediterranean

Al Jazeera

Sadia’s journey from Benin to Europe would see her brave a deadly migration route, and be separated from her husband. They feel protected by the others surrounding them and less scared to fall in the water,” said Riccardo Gatti, one of MSF’s search and rescue coordinators onboard the Geo Barents. A few hours after Sadia’s boat had set off, a …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Explained | The rise of Islamist militancy in Burkina Faso

The Hindu

The story so far: At least 34 people were killed in two attacks launched by suspected Islamist militants in the west African country of Burkina Faso, reports showed on July 4. In the northwest of the country, 22 people, including children, were reportedly killed earlier in the Kossi province while 12 people died in northern Burkina Faso’s Yatena province on …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Burkina Faso: Death toll in security post attack jumps to 53

Al Jazeera

The attack in Inata killed 49 military police officers and four civilians, a government spokesperson said. The death toll from a weekend attack on a gendarmerie post in northern Burkina Faso has risen to at least 53, according to officials. The attack, near a gold mine in Inata, killed 49 military police officers and four civilians, government spokesperson Ousseni Tamboura …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Burkina Faso sees more child soldiers as jihadi attacks rise

The Independent

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