Burkina Faso Bound

Sahel: Unstable Sahel creates new opportunities for insurgent groupsF

By Didier Laura: Burkina Faso's new rulers say they seized power to better fight jihadists, but history in the Sahel suggests the coup will merely stoke turbulence and division, benefiting the insurgents, analysts say. The poor, arid region has been wracked by...

Burkina Faso coup leader Ibrahim Traore crows himself country’s presidentF

Captain Ibrahim Traore was appointed as president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday, according to an official statement, after the West African country's second coup in less than nine months. Traore has been appointed as "Head of State, Supreme Head of the Armed Forces",...

Sahel: Concerned about Russia’s presence in the Sahel, US warns Burkina Faso’s new juntaF

The United States on Tuesday warned Burkina Faso's junta of the risks of allying with Russia, whose shadowy Wagner paramilitary group has voiced robust support for the latest coup. "Countries where the group has been deployed find themselves weaker and less secure,...

Burkina Faso: As regime in Ouagadougou collapsed last week, terror attack claimed 37 lives up northF

A total of 27 troops and 10 civilians were killed in a suspected jihadist attack in northern Burkina Faso last week, the military said on Wednesday. Military search operations carried out since the attack on September 26 "have made it possible to establish the death...

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