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Burkina Faso's junta leader Ibrahim Traore rejects democracy, while a new alliance in exile pushes for its return— but Traore holds the advantage.It is striking who is not meant to be part of Burkina ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Social: 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 » Social: Burkina Faso forces killed at least 100 civilians in a March attack, Human Rights Watch says
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — At least 100 civilians were killed by Burkina Faso government forces in March near the western town of Solenzo, Human Rights Watch said Monday. According to victim testimony and ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Social: Burkina Faso: Army behind most civilian deaths — report
Human Rights Watch says Burkina Faso's security forces and allied militias "appear to be more brutal and violent" than militant groups. Jihadist violence has gripped the Sahel region since 2021, ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Social: The flame that illuminates a path for Africa: Burkina Faso’s Progressive Popular Revolution and President Ibrahim Traoré’s new “Revolution Manifesto”
Let everyone in the administration, in all spheres, be revolutionary like our fighting forces. In your daily ways of doing things, you must bring new ideas that must innovate. If you continue to do ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Social: Stitching hope: empowering displaced women in the Sahel
The Community-Based Sahel Recovery and Stabilization Project (PCRSS) aims to strengthen the resilience of local communities and vulnerable groups in the exposed regions of Liptako-Gourma. The ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Social: EU seeks new strategy amid Sahel 'influence' rivalries
Following the 2022-2023 coups in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso, the junta regimes turned to Russia, China, and even the US. Now, the EU wants to invest more in West Africa's security and growth to ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Social: Sahel - the World Bank Group Launches a
The World Bank Group has supported new Country Partnership Frameworks (CPF) with Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, and Niger for the 2026-2031 period. These frameworks aim to stimulate job creation, ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Social: ‘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 » Social: Burkina Faso’s military junta bans political parties: What triggered the move and what lies ahead
Burkina Faso’s military government dissolves political parties, seizes assets, and reshapes governance amid worsening insecurity and shrinking civic space. | One of India's leading Digital News Agency ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Social: Burkina, Mali Troops Kill More Civilians Than Jihadists Do, Data Shows
The ACLED data shows that in 2025 alone, the Burkinabe military and forces from the pro-government Homeland Defence Volunteers militia killed 523 civilians while JNIM and Islamic State Sahel Province ...
News Burkina Faso » Sahel » Social: 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 ...