Tag: Faso
West Africa Burkina Faso: Macron condemns “the military coup”, the UN calls for the release of President Kaboré
The day after the takeover by Burkinabe soldiers announced on national television on Monday evening, French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the coup in Burkina Faso. France and the UN condemn…
Coup d’etat in Burkina Faso: the military officially took power, the president still arrested
By SudOuest.fr with AFPPublished on 01/24/2022 at 7:40 p.m.Updated on 01/24/2022 at 8:21 p.m. Since this weekend the situation has been very confused in Burkina Faso, after numerous mutinies. According…
Coup in Burkina Faso: what we know
Soldiers in uniform announced this Monday, January 24 on national television that they had seized power in Burkina Faso. The latter pledged to “return to a constitutional order” within “a…
Burkina Faso: President Kaboré in the hands of soldiers after mutinies
Marc Christian Kaboré, as well as several of his ministers, were arrested by soldiers and are being held in barracks in Ouagadougou. The head of state has been destabilized for…
Football CAN: Burkina Faso and Tunisia first qualified for the quarters
The suspense will last until the end. Burkina Faso qualified for the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday after a close encounter against Gabon. The two teams…
In Burkina Faso, an attack injures four French soldiers and reveals Barkhane’s growing commitment
Explosion Article reserved for subscribers An improvised explosive device (IED) jumped as an all-terrain vehicle passed, injuring four French soldiers, one of them seriously. Burkina Faso is one of the…
Unprecedented explosive device attack injures four French soldiers in Burkina Faso
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Burkina Faso: four French soldiers injured, one seriously
On patrol in northern Burkina Faso, four French soldiers were injured, one seriously, after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded as their vehicle passed, according to an announcement made by…
four French soldiers injured in an explosion in Burkina Faso
French soldiers from the Barkhane force pass through the village of Gorom Gorom, Burkina Faso, November 14, 2019. MICHELE CATTANI / AFP Four French soldiers from the “Barkhane” force were…
In Burkina Faso, a second-chance football school for young school dropouts
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Burkina Faso: at least a dozen civilians killed in the attack on a village
At least a dozen civilians were killed on Saturday in an attack attributed to jihadists against the village of Namssiguian, in northern Burkina Faso, security and local sources told AFP…
Poker shot in Burkina Faso
Putsch attempt Article reserved for subscribers The revelation of a mysterious attempt at a military putsch in Ouagadougou revives speculations of a divorce between civil and military powers, in a…