Browsing: Burkina Faso

On 5th October, 2024, President Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso made an important statement in a radio address: the country will be revoking mining licences and…

On this day in 1987, visionary pan-African icon and leader of Burkina Faso Thomas Sankara was assassinated by his longtime friend and, at the time, minister…

Burkina Faso’s pan-African president and hero, Thomas Sankara, was assassinated on this day in 1987 in the capital, Ouagadougou.  A hit squad also killed 12 of…

On 7 October, Burkina Faso’s Higher Council of Communications suspended Voice of America (VOA) from broadcasting for three months. This comes after a 19 September programme,…

Following the horrific 9/11 attack that killed nearly 3,000 people in the United States, US President George W Bush declared a global ‘War on T*rror,’ which…

“If you bury the truth in the deepest depths of the ocean, one day it will swim its way out” – so goes an African proverb,…

Congratulations to Burkina Faso, which has made tremendous strides toward land reclamation this year. In this speech given in the Burkinabé town of Banfora in April,…

Early in the morning on International Working Women’s Day, Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré took to the streets of the capital of Ouagadougou to greet women…

The head of Niger’s armed forces has announced the creation of a joint anti-jihadist force – together with Burkina Faso and Mali. Moussa Salaou Barmou said…

From Ivorian triumph at the African Cup of Nations to raising awareness about indigenous rights at Brazil’s Carnival, here’s our weekly photo dump. Abidjan, Ivory Coast…