Burkina Faso News » Sahel News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Government: 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 » Government: 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 » 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 » Sahel » 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 » Sahel » Government: Burkina Faso reinstates death penalty for terrorism, treason, fake importation of goods
Burkina Faso’s parliament has voted unanimously to reinstate the death penalty for crimes including terrorism, espionage and treason, ending the country’s abolition of capital punishment for ordinary ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » 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 » Sahel » 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 » Sahel » 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 ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Government: Burkina Faso’s military government dissolves political parties
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Burkina Faso's military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore has moved closer to Russia and distanced the country from France [File: ...