Economic hardship and insecurity persist a year after coup in Niger
One year has passed since mutinous soldiers overthrew Niger's president, Mohamed Bazoum. Coup leaders said they deposed the elected government ...
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Thomas Sankara: Political Leader and President of Burkina Faso (1983 – 1987)
The son of a Peul father and a Mossi, mother Thomas Sankara was born in 1949, in Yako, French colonial ...
Formation of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES): Can It Impact Regional Economy and Geopolitics?
In thinking about coups in Africa, the motives that inspire the military to do what they do may be broken ...
Burkina Faso military junta adopts draft law to criminalise homosexuality
Burkina Faso's military junta said it has adopted the draft of an amended family code that criminalises homosexuality. The West ...
US to complete withdrawal from Niger’s Air Base 101 on Sunday
The U.S. military is set to complete the withdrawal on Sunday of its personnel from Niger's Air Base 101 in ...
Junta-led nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso form Sahel Alliance
The coup-hit nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso on Saturday ruled out returning to the West Africa regional bloc ...
Burkina Faso’s Captain Traoré will not be sworn in for another five years
In Burkina Faso, the head of the junta, Captain Ibrahim Traoré, will not take the oath of office for the ...
Niger: 21 soldiers killed in ambush by ‘terrorist group,’ ruling junta says
An ambush by a "terrorist group" killed 21 Nigerien soldiers near the country's border with Burkina Faso on Tuesday, Niger's ...
Russia’s Foreign Minister Lavrov arrives in Burkina Faso, third leg of his Africa tour
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Burkina Faso late on Tuesday (Jun. 4) as he continued his latest tour ...
Russian FM Sergei Lavrov begins Africa tour
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrived in Guinea on Monday on the first leg of a three-country African tour aimed ...
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