The top diplomats of Burkina, Guinea, and Mali have started a vigorous lobbying campaign. Olivia, Morissanda, and Abdoulaye have all been to Addis Ababa. The joint delegation will keep in touch with other foreign ministers. Before the African Union summit this weekend, the top diplomats of junta-ruled Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali have started a … Read more
Armed men attacked a police station in northern Benin Sunday morning, killing two officers and injuring another. The Dassari police station was attacked in the early hours of Sunday morning. Benin’s first known fatal attack was last December when two soldiers were killed near Burkina Faso border. Two police officers were killed when armed … Read more
Attack on Karma gold mine in northern Burkina Faso kills one soldier and one civilian, site’s owner says. Militants affiliated to al Qaeda and Islamic State have waged an insurgency in the region for a decade. The attack was eventually thwarted, according to security sources. DAKAR – In the early hours of Thursday morning, attackers … Read more
The ruling juntas in Burkina Faso and Guinea want greater time to offer an agenda for restoring civilian rule, West Africa’s nearby bloc stated Wednesday, two days after a closing date expired. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) suspended Guinea and Burkina Faso after coups in 2021 and 2022 respectively. In March, it … Read more
Mali’s largest jihadist coalition says it has captured a Russian fighter with Wagner, the Kremlin-connected safety company allegedly hired by means of the united states of America’s army junta. The declaration changed into made in an assertion sent to AFP late Sunday by using the Group to Support Islam and Muslims (GSIM), although it furnished … Read more
Frenchman Hubert Velud turned into named Friday as the brand new instruct of Burkina Faso, replacing Kamou Malo who left after guiding the united states to the semi-finals of this year’s Africa Cup of Nations. Velud, 62, will take over on a -yr deal. He turned into educating Togo on the AFCON in 2010 when … Read more
Three Germans suspected with ” terrorism” in Mali have been released, a German government representative said Wednesday, in the midst of a visit to the contention torn Sahel state by the country’s unfamiliar clergyman. Mali’s military said on Tuesday that it had captured three Europeans during tasks against jihadists in unpredictable focal Mali. “The Malian … Read more
UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Security Council on Wednesday expressed serious concern about the “unconstitutional change of government” in Burkina Faso and called for the release and protection of President Roch Marc Christian Kabore and other government officials. According to a Security Council statement, the council members took note of the decision by the Economic … Read more
OUAGADOUGOU: Dust and toxic fumes billow from a cavernous, ashy granite quarry in the centre of Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou. A giant crater located among the roads, houses and administrative buildings of the city’s Pissy neighbourhood, the mine has been dug by hand over 40 years. Artisanal miners toil in the bowels of the earth, … Read more
Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah have helped Liverpool conquer England and Europe, now both crave Africa Cup of Nations winners’ medals. Both sharpshooters will be in quarter-finals action on Sunday in Cameroon with Mane-inspired Senegal tackling surprise packets Equatorial Guinea while Salah and his Egypt teammates confront Morocco. Mane says he would “swap all the … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: The World Food Programme (WFP), a Rome-based United Nations (UN) agency, warned that famine could become a reality for millions of people around the world, without urgent funding to stave off a catastrophe, and without access to families cut-off by conflict. “I am heartbroken at what we’re facing in 2021. We now have … Read more
