Burkina Faso News » Sahel News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso establish Sahel security alliance
Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger have signed a mutual defence pact, as the three Sahel countries aim to help each other against possible threats of armed rebellion or external aggression. The charter, ...
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: 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 » 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: Scapegoating the Fulani Is Fueling the Sahel’s Cycle of Violence
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News Burkina Faso » Sahel » History: The long goodbye: Burkina Faso, France, and the shockwaves from the Sahel
On Saturday 26 of June 2026, the long calculated, awaited and expected happened as Burkina Faso disconnected diplomatic ties with its old master and Godfather, France. When old empires lose their ...