Browsing: Ibrahim Traoré

What should democracy mean in the African context? We’ve juxtaposed two visions – the first, that of Kenya’s William Ruto, delivering a scripted condemnation of last…

In his powerful clapback to French President Emmanuel Macron’s 6 January disparaging comments about Africans, Burkina Faso President Ibrahim Traoré left no stone unturned on 13…

The BBC has always been trigger-happy when it comes to firing off negative headlines about Africa. On Thursday, it claimed Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré “sparked…

He was African Stream’s Man of the Year 2024 – and if the cheers in Ghana’s Black Star Square on Wednesday are anything to go by,…

According to the videos online, there was no mistaking it: the loudest roars of approval during Ghana’s president’s inauguration, John Mahama, were reserved for the visiting…

2024 has produced both highs and lows for pan-Africanism. Imperialist-instigated wars continued to rage in many parts of the continent, including Sudan and the Democratic Republic…

Year after year, Burkina Faso, like so many African countries, would celebrate independence days without knowing true independence. Today, with the new people-backed revolutionary government in…

Prestigious Ivy League universities, such as Princeton, Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania, and the most prominent US museum, the Smithsonian, look in cahoots with gravediggers.…

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the day when former president Burkina Faso Blaise Compaoré, best known for his role in the assassination of revolutionary President…

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…