Burkina Faso News News Burkina Faso » Government: Death Penalty Returns, Beauty Pageants Suspended As Burkina Faso Tightens Rules
Burkina Faso's military government, led by Ibrahim Traore, has restored the death penalty for serious crimes and suspended beauty pageants nationwide.
News Burkina Faso » Government: Burkina Faso Buys 10-Floor Rome Embassy
Burkina Faso says it bought a ten-floor building in Rome for its embassy to Italy with state funds in one payment, but has not published the price.
News Burkina Faso » Government: Ibrahim Traore reinstates death penalty for law breakers in Burkina Faso
The decision reverses a ban on capital punishment that had been in place since 2018, introduced under the democratically elected government of Christian Kaboré.
News Burkina Faso » Government: Burkina Faso’s Government of Change Confronts Imperialism
Captain Ibrahim Traoré, 34 years old, became the provisional head of Burkina Faso’s government after a military coup in September 2022. His government seeks to finish off the remnants of French ...
News Burkina Faso » Government: Burkina Faso: ‘Sentimentalism is over’, Ibrahim Traoré reinstates death penalty
Eight years after its abolition, Burkina Faso has brought back the death penalty for terrorism, espionage and treason, among other offences, with the junta leader declaring an end to leniency despite ...
News Burkina Faso » Government: Burkina Faso government dismissed after PM Dabire resigns
Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Christophe Dabire, resulting in the government's dismissal, according to a presidential decree.
News Burkina Faso » Government: Burkina Faso military government dissolves political parties
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Heads of state of Mali's Assimi Goita, Burkina Faso's Captain Ibrahim Traore and Niger's General Abdourahamane Tiani walk together ...
News Burkina Faso » Government: Burkina Faso Parliament Votes to Restore Death Penalty
Oct 21 (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's parliament adopted a revised penal code on Tuesday that restores the death penalty, nearly a decade after the West African country abolished capital punishment, ...
News Burkina Faso » Government: What we're watching: Troops in Milan, death penalty in Burkina Faso, US & Israel’s post-election Iran plans
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has deployed 500 troops to Milan and tightened nationwide anti-rioting laws in an effort to quell unrest that has gripped the city since the weekend.
News Burkina Faso » Government: Burkina Faso forces killed twice as many civilians as jihadists, rights group says
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - In this photo provided by RIA Novosti, Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traore arrives at the Grand Palace at the Kremlin in ...
News Burkina Faso » Government: They fled from extremists. Now the government in Burkina Faso tries to hide their existence
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — Their loved ones were slaughtered by Islamic extremists or government-affiliated fighters. Their villages were attacked, their homes destroyed. Exhausted and traumatized, ...
News Burkina Faso » Government: Video of Burkina Faso massacre appears to implicate government-allied militia, watchdog says
DAKAR, Senegal — Video footage circulating on social networks of a recent civilian massacre in Burkina Faso appears to implicate government-allied militia, Human Rights Watch said, calling on ...