Burkina Faso News » Sahel News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: 170 killed in Burkina Faso massacre as French-Russian rivalry grows in Sahel
In a series of massacres over the past two weeks, more than 170 people were killed in Burkina Faso, a former French colony plunged into bloodshed by France’s 2013-2022 war in neighboring Mali. Victims ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: Burkina Faso: Sovereignty is the Foundation of Democracy
As debates over democracy and governance intensify across Africa, the Alliance of Sahel States has advanced a political struggle that challenges conventional understandings of democratic transition in ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: West Africa’s security future: The Sahel Crisis demands regional strategic response
Stay connected via Google News The security landscape of West Africa has fundamentally changed. The instability stretching ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: Scapegoating the Fulani Is Fueling the Sahel’s Cycle of Violence
Fulani children who have been displaced by attacks gather in a makeshift camp in Youba, Burkina Faso, April 20, 2020 (AP photo by Sam Mednick). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger launch Sahel regional force
At an airforce base in Bamako, Mali's army ruler General Assimi Goita presided over a ceremony marking the creation of a unified force for the Sahel countries. The force is the latest in a series of ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: 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 » History: ‘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 » History: A marriage of three: Will Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso bloc reshape the Sahel?
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Bienvenue a Bamako!” The fixer, the minder and the men linked to the Malian government were waiting for us at the airport in ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: At least 25 killed in Burkina Faso attack in Sahel region
At least 25 people were killed on Saturday in a terrorist attack in northern Burkina Faso's Sahel Region, said a regional government official Monday evening. In a statement, Lieutenant Colonel ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: Sahel Countries Issue an Urgent Call to Strengthen Irrigation, Increase its Benefits, and Improve Food Security
The governments of the Sahel countries — Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, and Chad — gathered in Dakar for a high-level forum marking the tenth anniversary of the Declaration on ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: Burkina Faso ruling junta cuts diplomatic ties with ex-ruler France
Burkina Faso's military junta on Friday cut diplomatic ties with former colonial power France, accusing Paris of acting against its interests and backing subversive networks and militants in the Sahel ...