Burkina Faso: Moroccan Embassy Sets up monitoring Cell
Morocco’s Embassy in Ouagadougou has set up a monitoring cell of the situation in Burkina Faso and reassures on the situation of the members of […]
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Equatorial Guinea signs Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Created in July 2017, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is the first globally enforceable multilateral agreement banning nuclear weapons in their entirety. […]
New “terrorist” attack repelled in northern Togo
The Togolese army said on Tuesday that it had repelled an attack carried out on Monday evening by “armed terrorist groups” that left “a few […]
Burkina Faso: Overthrown Roch Kaboré allowed to leave country for “medical reasons’’
The former Burkinabe president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré has been authorized to leave his country for “medical reasons”, his first trip abroad since he was […]
Burkina Faso: At least ten civilians killed in attack
At least ten civilians, including four army auxiliaries, were killed Monday in an attack by suspected jihadists in northern Burkina Faso, security and local sources […]
Burkinabe army admits killing civilians in air raid
The Burkinabe army acknowledged on Wednesday the death of civilians during air strikes against “terrorist groups” in eastern Burkina Faso, without specifying the number, with […]
Amnesty International warns of “rights violations” in Togo and Benin
In the struggle against armed groups responsible for deadly attacks in the north of the two countries, security forces in Benin and Togo violated human […]
Blaise Compaoré “asks forgiveness” to the Sankara family
The former Burkinabe president Blaise Compaoré, sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for the 1987 assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, “asked for forgiveness” to […]
Diplomatic row between Paris and Ouagadougou
In Burkina Faso, comments made by the French ambassador, Luc Hallade, have angered and created controversy to such an extent that some civil society organizations […]
Another ‘foiled’ attack on a Malian military camp
The Malian army said on Sunday it had “foiled” a new attack on a military camp in central Mali, two days after a suicide attack […]