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In Mali, General Assimi Goïta, who took power in a 2020 coup, now plans to remain in power through at least the end of this decade, as do his counterparts in neighboring Burkina Faso and Niger. As ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel: UN alarmed as number of displaced in central Sahel reaches nearly four million
The United Nations on Friday raised the alarm about a displacement crisis in the central Sahel where nearly four million people have been forced to flee their homes in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.
News Burkina Faso » Sahel: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger Launch Tafouk TV Channel to Push Their Own Narrative
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are stepping up their joint media push with Tafouk TV, a new television channel aimed at challenging Western coverage and promoting the three military-led Sahel states' ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel: 2 days after Burkina Faso voted to reinstate the death penalty, Mali broadens powers to revoke citizenship as Sahel leaders tighten state control
Mali has expanded the grounds on which the state can strip citizens of their nationality, two days after neighbouring Burkina Faso approved the restoration of the death penalty, highlighting a tougher ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel: Xi’s peace principles offer little cover for China in Africa
On October 9, fighters from two jihadist groups clashed near Gonadaouri, in Burkina Faso’s Oudalan province, not far from the Malian border. One side ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel: ‘Bloody meat’: Burkina Faso’s livestock raids fuelling Sahel insurgency
On a Saturday night in April 2024, during the holy month of Ramadan, dozens of pastoralists gathered for evening prayers at a makeshift cattle camp outside Fada N’Gourma, eastern Burkina Faso’s ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel: Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso Sign Sahel Security Pact
Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, three West African Sahel nations ruled by military juntas, signed a security pact on Saturday promising to come to each other's aid in case of rebellion or external ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel: AFRICA/BURKINA FASO — A war within a war: the clash between JNIM and the Islamic State in the Sahel
A war within a war is being fought in the sands of the Sahara, in the tri-border area where Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso meet. Here, the two main jihadist groups operating in the region are facing ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel: UNICEF’s Role In The Sahel Humanitarian Crisis Nobody’s Talking About
A conversation with UNICEF Côte d'Ivoire Representative Marc Vincent about building community resilience amid an influx of refugees from Burkina Faso. Fanta Kone, a UNICEF staff member, with ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel: In Burkina Faso, the ‘Mother of the Sahel’ brings education and hope to forcibly displaced children
Born and raised in Dori, in the far northeast of Burkina Faso, Maimouna Ba was the youngest of 12 children living in the country’s vast, remote and arid Sahel region, a six-hour drive from the capital ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel: Burkina Faso’s parliament unanimously votes to reinstate the death penalty
The parliament in the junta-run nation of Burkina Faso has reinstated the death penalty for crimes including terrorism, espionage and treason. All 71 members of the Burkina Faso legislature voted ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel: Can pineapples thrive in Africa's Sahel? A Burkina Faso farmer says the answer is yes
BOBO-DIOULASSO, Burkina Faso (AP) — The soil beneath Oumarou Compaoré's boots is sandy and stony. It’s hardly the lush setting usually needed to support growing pineapples. But this farm in landlocked ...