Follow AllAfrica News: Burkina Faso, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/all-africa-news-burkina-faso Fri, 22 Sep 2023 01:26:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1X-Qr6Gny_kXXHnycKeoCpf [allAfrica] Harare -- The Burkinabe parliament gave the go-ahead for Captain Ibrahim Traore to send troops to neighboring Niger in response to a potential foreign military intervention to reinstate ousted leader Mohamed Bazoum, The North Africa Post reports.]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:52:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1X-Qr6Gny_kXXHnycKeoCpf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1WNkjl9vZjjy5NaYRWadcX6 [Centre 4s] Introduction by Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, president centre4s.org]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2023 01:20:33 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1WNkjl9vZjjy5NaYRWadcX6 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1WLqhHEp9fLGH-fx8LWuXng [Leadership] Three West African countries, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, have signed a security pact to come to the aid of each other against any rebellion or external aggression, especially by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).]]> Mon, 18 Sep 2023 10:34:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1WLqhHEp9fLGH-fx8LWuXng https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1VdPnzfstPtexeIF_fEM9tn [DW] Three West African countries ruled by military juntas have signed a mutual defense pact. Mali and Burkina Faso had previously promised to come to Niger's aid in the event of an attack.]]> Sun, 17 Sep 2023 13:43:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1VdPnzfstPtexeIF_fEM9tn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1XgoGFUZAEYyABC78OgjhDM [RFI] France's Culture Minister on Friday said the suspension of visas for artists from Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso was due to security concerns in light of the recent military coups in those countries and in no way a "boycott".]]> Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:48:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1XgoGFUZAEYyABC78OgjhDM https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1UPc151TXYuHMlTP0vptTFR [RFI] At least fifty-three members of Burkina Faso's security forces have been killed in an attack by suspected jihadists in the north of the country, that has been condemned by the West African bloc, Ecowas.]]> Thu, 07 Sep 2023 09:32:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1UPc151TXYuHMlTP0vptTFR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1UtTkY6joCPlYvmyuk5fxzE [VOA] Jihadi insurgents in Burkina Faso's Yatenga province killed 36 volunteer fighters and 17 soldiers, the country's army confirmed Tuesday. The massacre is among the worst strategic defeats since interim President Ibrahim Traore wrested power from the previous junta a year ago.]]> Wed, 06 Sep 2023 09:36:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1UtTkY6joCPlYvmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1W8R_d1cF-Umgm0QkxGtqLL [IPS] United Nations -- The United Nations says increased investment in the Sahel region will assist in preventing military coups. This after military officers in Gabon announced a seizure of power from long-time President Ali Bongo Ondimba following the results of a disputed election in Gabon on Wednesday.]]> Sat, 02 Sep 2023 13:20:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1W8R_d1cF-Umgm0QkxGtqLL https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1WEKcWPRR669Ifjc6hd5eWF [Centre 4s] Immensely vast and still relatively lightly populated, the Sahel continues to be professed as a well-known region. However, for more than a decade, this region has never ceased to surprise by multiple mutations and various brutalities that have started, developed and are spreading there. The current decade atrocities can be boosted only by those that are currently exploding and spreading in Sudan since April 15, 2023. After Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, the latest to join that scene of change, will it]]> Fri, 01 Sep 2023 15:18:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1WEKcWPRR669Ifjc6hd5eWF https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1VsWctaU9_Qz3OFESPuQWsX [VOA] Niger's military junta announced Friday that Burkina Faso and Mali have pledged their support to the coup leaders, who took power in Niger last month, and offered military assistance should Niger be attacked.]]> Sat, 26 Aug 2023 11:18:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1VsWctaU9_Qz3OFESPuQWsX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1VTIeWKIuiyGhhSCv31NykC [allAfrica] Niger junta leader General Abdourahamane Tchiani announced that his country will allow the military governments of Mali and Burkina Faso to send their soldiers into Niger to defend against an attack.]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:35:24 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1VTIeWKIuiyGhhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1X-zr1OZK25biRFMxTa8z4W [allAfrica] Without France's military operations in the Sahel "there would probably no longer be a Mali ... Burkina Faso, and I'm not sure there would still be Niger", French President Emmanuel Macron told French publication Le Point.]]> Fri, 25 Aug 2023 11:18:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1X-zr1OZK25biRFMxTa8z4W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1XI5zNIBBvzIkZPHFZJLI3I [Capital FM] Budapest, Hungary -- Burkina Faso's Hugues Fabrice Zango earned his first global title after a dramatically fluctuating men's triple jump final that ended with two Cubans sharing the podium with him, separated by a single centimetre.]]> Tue, 22 Aug 2023 08:40:27 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1XI5zNIBBvzIkZPHFZJLI3I https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1UWhfg6TK8f-oIAmcWJ0TmB [Premium Times] Delta Queens had a player sent off in the second half but they scored two goals after that dismissal]]> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 12:03:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1UWhfg6TK8f-oIAmcWJ0TmB https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1VhiOROphON3hhSCv31NykC [Capital FM] Nairobi -- The national women's volleyball team, Malkia Strikers, continued with their dominance at the Africa Women's Volleyball Championships in Yaounde, Cameroon with a straight sets win over Burkina Faso on Thursday evening.]]> Fri, 18 Aug 2023 14:51:44 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1VhiOROphON3hhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1UOz1DL6hXhGJ8v71dCn6bG [ISS] New legislation targets the clientelism and political patronage that have plagued public service delivery for decades.]]> Wed, 16 Aug 2023 14:30:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1UOz1DL6hXhGJ8v71dCn6bG https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1XXqnOzVClIKiuZukmJ4mr4 [CPJ] Dakar -- Authorities in Benin and Burkina Faso must immediately lift their respective suspensions of La Gazette du Golfe and Radio Oméga, and allow the media to report without fear on regional politics, including the coup in Niger, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday.]]> Wed, 16 Aug 2023 08:24:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1XXqnOzVClIKiuZukmJ4mr4 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1WDd8BVpPwY-LmyhX6zo8SW [RFI] Mali and Burkina Faso will send a joint official delegation to coup-hit Niger on Monday in a show of "solidarity" between the nations - all of whom are ruled by juntas. Meanwhile a source close to regional bloc Ecowas said an immediate military intervention to restore Niger's toppled president was not on the cards.]]> Mon, 07 Aug 2023 16:10:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1WDd8BVpPwY-LmyhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1UnEBJZ2_1_8GhamfNIiY2W [VOA] The U.N. refugee agency, the UNHCR, Thursday appealed to West African states not to forcibly repatriate refugees who have fled escalating insecurity and violence sparked by insurgent groups in Burkina Faso.]]> Mon, 07 Aug 2023 09:30:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1UnEBJZ2_1_8GhamfNIiY2W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1WYiqpwr0ki15JTpfXVttXD [Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad announced on Saturday evening that following the decision by the Nigerien authorities to partially reopen its airspace to civil aviation, Tunisair will gradually resume its previous commercial activities at Niamey airport as of Saturday 5 August. The return flight to Tunisia is scheduled to leave Sunday 6 August, at 11:30 am.]]> Sun, 06 Aug 2023 14:40:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/wDhRVRsvW1WYiqpwr0ki15JTpfXVttXD