Burkina Faso

Ghana’s president Friday urged his visiting Senegalese counterpart to use his goodwill within the Economic Community of West African States to help resolve disputes with Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali. President Bassirou Diomaye Faye…
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Saudi Arabia’s Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman met with Burkina Faso’s Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs Kassoum Coulibaly in Riyadh on Sunday. During the meeting, relations between the two countries and military and…
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Burkina Faso has suspended the radio broadcasts of BBC Africa and the US-funded Voice of America (VOA) for two weeks over their coverage of a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report accusing the army of extrajudicial killings, authorities said late…
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Saudi Arabia’s King Salman received a written message from Mali’s Interim President Col. Assimi Goita regarding relations between their two countries and ways to strengthen joint cooperation, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday.…
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On behalf of Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Protocol Affairs Abdulmajeed Al-Samary, on Tuesday received a copy of the credentials of the newly-appointed…
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The military leaders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger on Saturday signed a mutual defense pact, ministerial delegations from the three Sahel countries announced in Mali’s capital Bamako. The Liptako-Gourma Charter establishes the Alliance…
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Scores of young Burkinabe Muslims and Christians gathered in Ouagadougou’s public square as the sun set to break fast together, promoting religious tolerance during Ramadan and Lent as Burkina Faso grapples with a violent insurgency.…
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Defending champions Senegal, South Africa and Burkina Faso qualified for the Africa Cup of Nations in matchday four on Tuesday while Namibia are close to joining them after a shock win over Cameroon. Reigning African Footballer of the…
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The Daesh group has claimed responsibility for killing more than 70 soldiers, wounding dozens and taking five hostage, in an ambush on a military convoy in northern Burkina Faso. The statement, posted Friday by Amaq, the group’s news…
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Gulf nations have condemned the violent attacks in northern villages of Burkina Faso over the weekend which resulted in the death of dozens of people, including children, and injured others. Armed men killed at least 34 people in…
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