Burkina Faso
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Burkina Faso General’s Abducted Daughter Freed
General Djibril Bassole’s daughter Yasmine, who was kidnapped in the capital along with her brother and a cousin in September 2024, was freed Monday night by masked men, family and friends told AFP.
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Military-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger withdraw from ICC
The military-led West African nations of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger on Monday announced their withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, branding it a “neo-colonial” imperialist tool. The juntas who took over in Bamako, Ouagadougou…
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Burkina Faso Arrests French Head of NGO Accused of Spying: Sources
The French head of an NGO in Burkina Faso specialising in humanitarian safety was arrested in Ouagadougou at the end of July on suspicion of spying, sources said Wednesday, confirming a media report.
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Trump kukutana na marais wa mataifa matano ya Afrika Ikulu ya White House
Marais wa Senegal, Liberia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania na Gabon — mataifa matano yaliyoko kwenye Pwani ya Atlantiki ya Afrika — wamealikwa na Trump kuhudhuria mkutano huo wa ngazi ya juu.
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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger officially leave W.Africa bloc
Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa’s main political and trade group ECOWAS on Wednesday after more than a year of diplomatic tensions.
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Mali, Burkina and Niger to launch new biometric passports
The junta-led states are looking to solidify their alliance after splitting from regional bloc ECOWAS.
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Burkina’s new parliament opens after coup
Burkina Faso’s new legislative assembly opened on Friday with a call for self-sacrifice by the 71 members appointed by the junta that seized power a month ago
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Kiongozi wa mapinduzi Burkina Faso asema nchi iko katika ‘hatari’ anapoingia madarakani
“Malengo yetu si mengine isipokuwa upatanisho wa eneo linalokaliwa na makundi haya ya magaidi. Uwepo wa Burkina uko hatarini,” Traore alisema
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At 34, Burkina’s new junta chief is world’s youngest leader
Traore, at the head of a core of disgruntled junior officers, ousted Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who had seized power just in January.
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Ibrahim Traore officially appointed Burkina Faso president
Traore has been appointed as “Head of State, Supreme Head of the Armed Forces”, according to the official statement by spokesman Captain Kiswendsida Farouk Azaria Sorgho
