Burkina Faso News » Sahel News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Security: The Sahel kicked out the West and turned to Russia... now Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso are falling apart - "The first domino could be falling" - my take
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso pushed Western forces out and increasingly turned toward Russia for security assistance. But the insurgencies threatening the region have not disappeared, and the ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Security: Nigeria and the Sahel: A growing security divide
A widening diplomatic rift is complicating efforts to confront a shared cross-border security threat.
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Security: With Security Unraveling, Burkina Faso's Traore Is Getting Desperate
In early May, Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin, or JNIM, launched a series of large-scale, coordinated attacks in the north and east of Burkina Faso, highlighting the deteriorating security ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Security: Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso sign Sahel security pact
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: Colonel Assimi Goita, leader of Malian military junta, looks on while he stands behind Niger's President Mahamadou ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Security: Burkina Faso security ministry urges citizens to report on each other
DAKAR (Reuters) - Burkina Faso's junta has urged its citizens to report suspicious neighbours and activity in the name of national security as the Sahel nation battles a near decade-long jihadist ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Security: Egypt, Burkina Faso FMs discuss bilateral ties, Sahel stability
Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty met Burkina Faso's Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré in Cairo on Tuesday to discuss bilateral relations and coordinate on Sahel security, the foreign ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Security: ‘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 » Security: Niger’s failed coup is a warning to the Sahel’s military rulers: those with power must keep their promises
Military leaders in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger came to power promising to defeat the insurgencies plaguing their countries. Instead, insecurity has worsened.
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Security: Burkina Faso proposes bilateral talks with Nigeria to reset relations
Burkina Faso has proposed a high-level bilateral session with Nigeria aimed at reviewing existing areas of cooperation and identifying ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Security: 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 ...