Burkina Faso's new military leader says he will restore security and order. Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Damiba gave his first public address to the nation, after seizing power from President Roch Kabore on Monday. The junta is calling itself "the Patriotic Movement for Safegu...
President Hollande made a tour of Côte d’Ivoire, Niger and Chad between July 17 to 19 to discuss the new security arrangements with political leaders, but also to promote French trade in the face of growing Chinese competition (Economist, July 19). In Niger, Hollande was met by a group...
Burkina Faso’s ruling military junta has appointed a new prime minister, a day after dissolving the government without providing any reason.
Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba attends his swearing-in ceremony in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Feb. 16, 2022. Damiba was sworn in as the new president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday. (Burkina Faso's Presidency/Handout via Xinhua) OUAGADOUGOU, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Lt. Col. Paul-He...
OUAGADOUGOU, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The ruling party of Burkina Faso, People's Movement for Progress (PMP), said in a statement on Monday that it was a "failed assassination attempt" on President Roch Kabore. According to the statement, "simple mutiny initiated by some elements of the army...
Burkina Faso has been reeling under multiple socioeconomic and political turbulences prior to 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the country. Similarly, structural inequalities based on gender and location determined the intensity of Covid-19 impacts on the population. The chapter analysed Burkina ...
Burkina Faso suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio stations for their coverage of a report by Human Rights Watch on the mass killing of civilians carried out by the country's armed forces. According to the report published by Human Rights Watch on Thursday, ...
Burkina Faso president poised for re-electionBRAHIMA OUEDRAOGO
A man wearing clothes with Russian's flag colours shouts during a demonstration in front of the conference room where the two days of national talks to adopt a transitional charter and designate an interim president to lead the country will take place, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso October...
OUAGADOUGOU, April 7 (Xinhua) -- Burkina Faso's ex-president Roch Marc Christian Kabore, authorized to return home on Wednesday, "is not in total freedom", said his political party, the People's Movement for Progress (MPP) in a statement on Thursday. ...