Burkina Faso: National conference approves 3-year military-led transition
A national conference in Burkina Faso has adopted a charter that will allow a junta that seized power in the ...
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U.S. halts nearly $160 million aid to Burkina Faso
The United States has halted nearly $160 million in U.S. aid to Burkina Faso after determining the January ouster of ...
Burkina Faso coup leader talks tough at inauguration, promised to deal with insecurity
Burkina Faso’s coup leader Paul-Henri Damiba has promised to deal with the mounting insecurity after being inaugurated as the country’s ...
Burkina Faso to swear in junta leader, Damiba as president
Burkina Faso military leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba is due to be sworn in as the country’s president, just over two ...
Ghana hosts another Extraordinary Summit on Political Situation in Burkina Faso
The Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold another ...
Burkina Faso junta dismisses army and intelligence chiefs
A day after the African Union joined regional bloc Ecowas in suspending Burkina Faso as member over last week's coup, ...
Is Ecowas a toothless sabre-rattler against coups?
Recent upheavals turning West Africa's political landscape on its head pose a direct challenge on the credibility of Ecowas, a ...
Ecowas and UN to assess Burkina Faso’s situation after coup
A team from the West African regional bloc Ecowas will be in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, on Monday to assess ...
Who is Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, Burkina Faso coup leader?
Burkina Faso's new strongman, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, has had first-hand experience of the brutal militant insurgency that he cites ...
Burkina Faso coup: Crowd celebrates while ECOWAS has been “blamed” for unrest
More than 1,000 people gathered in Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou on Tuesday in support of a military coup that a ...
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