Tag: Burkina Faso

Diplomacy 'best way forward' in Niger but force still o...

Bola Tinubu, also head of the West African bloc ECOWAS, weighed in for the first...

Niger closes airspace over 'threat of intervention' as ...

The Economic Community of West African States issued its ultimatum a week ago, d...

Niger president says coup will have 'devastating' fallo...

The appeal was Bazoum's first lengthy statement since his presidential guard det...

West Africa envoys to fly to coup-hit Niger as European...

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders on Sunday imposed tra...

First evacuation flight from coup-hit Niger lands in Fr...

After anti-French protests unleashed by the coup, Paris on Tuesday said it would...

Junta-led Burkina and Mali warn against military interv...

The warning from Niger's military-ruled neighbours came a day after West African...

Africa leaders give Niger junta week to cede power

At an emergency summit in Nigeria, the Economic Community of West African States...

Niger army general declares himself country's new leader

General Abdourahamane Tchiani, head of the Presidential Guard since 2011, appear...

France says Niger coup not 'final' as putschists win ar...

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said there were 'ways out' for coup pl...

Burkina junta ends silence over massacre by men 'in arm...

Burkina Faso's military-run government on Thursday broke its silence over a mass...

Burkina Faso to recruit 5,000 soldiers to battle jihadists

The country announced a recruitment drive for 5,00 soldiers that will serve in t...

African Union vows 'zero tolerance' to undemocratic change

Leaders of the 55-nation bloc met in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa at the 36...

African leaders meet to push for free trade zone

The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), billed as the biggest fre...

Burkina Faso asked France troops to quit, diplomatic no...

President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday said Paris was awaiting clarifications from ...

Ghana accuses Burkina of inviting Russian Wagner mercen...

"Burkina Faso has now entered into an arrangement to go along with Mali in emplo...

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