The International Monetary Fund has announced the release of $80 million in emergency aid to Burkina Faso to help it cope with a food crisis aggravated by the war in Ukraine. The aid will “help support measures to provide emergency assistance to acutely food-insecure households” in Burkina Faso said Martin Schindler, head of the International […]
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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns in the strongest terms the murder of two of its employees in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, in northwestern Burkina Faso. The organisation is suspending its medical activities in the Boucle du Mouhoun region. On the morning of Wednesday February 8, an MSF vehicle, clearly identified as such, carrying a […]
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari expressed his condolences and prayed for the safety of other Nigerians in Burkina Faso. At least 16 Nigerian Muslim pilgrims were recently killed in Burkina Faso on their way to Kaolak, Senegal. The pilgrims, members of the Islamic Tijaniyat sect, were allegedly on their way to their leader’s home country when […]
— Holds strategic meeting on Land & Maritime Borders Liberia’s Minister of Internal Affairs, Varney A. Sirleaf, says the government of Liberia needs the cooperation of Cote d’Ivoire to find a solution to the Burkinabe influx particularly in the forest of Grand Gedeh, and parts of Nimba, River Gee and Maryland Counties. “We are currently […]
As men are being slaughtered on all sides in a grinding war of attrition for the control of destroyed Ukrainian cities, the new Cold War between Russia and the West is being played out on another front — Africa. On 7 December 2022, a 12-member delegation from Burkina Faso led by Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim […]
Without proper supervision and control, the use of 50 000 armed civilian auxiliaries could aggravate security problems. Fifty thousand Burkinabe civilians have joined the Volunteers for the Defense of the Homeland (VDP) to fight the violent extremists currently occupying nearly half of the country. The recruitment campaign, launched in October 2022 by Burkina Faso’s authorities […]
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has called on the transitional authorities in Burkina Faso to ensure that their investigation into the killing of at least 28 people at the end of December will hold those responsible to account, regardless of their position or rank. In a statement released on Friday, Mr. […]
The UN commissioner has called for a swift and transparent investigation into the killing of 28 people in northern Burkina Faso. A rights group said the victims belonged to a traditional hunting community. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk on Saturday called for a swift, transparent and impartial investigation into the killings of […]
The UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has expressed his confidence in Barbara Manzi, the most senior UN official in Burkina Faso, who was ordered to leave the country by the government on Friday. In a statement released on Saturday, Mr. Guterres announced that he had full confidence in the UN system in Burkina Faso, as well […]
The Burkinabe military government did not provide a reason for its decision. It comes after the government expelled two French nationals and accused them of espionage. Burkina Faso’s military government declared the UN’s coordinator in the country “persona non grata” on Friday, calling on her to leave the country on the same day. Burkinabe Foreign […]
Accra, Ghana — Ghana sent its national security minister to Burkina Faso Wednesday to repair a diplomatic rift, after Ghana’s president accused Ouagadougou of hiring Russian mercenaries to fight militants. Speaking to journalists after meeting with Burkina Faso’s interim leader, Army Captain Ibrahim Traore, Ghana’s National Security Minister Albert Kan-Dapaah said they had a frank […]
Radio France Internationale has denounced the suspension of its broadcasts in Burkina Faso’s military government, describing accusations that it had contributed to “a desperate manoeuvre of terrorist groups” as wholly unfounded. In a press release, RFI’s management said the cut-off occurred without prior notice and without implementing the procedures provided for in the station’s broadcasting […]
Burkina Faso’s interim president Captain Ibrahim Traoré has told civil society groups there was indeed a recent coup attempt against his government. Rumours of a coup circulated on social media networks last weekend. On Monday, hundreds of people presenting themselves as Traoré supporters gathered in the capital to denounce an attempt to destabilise the regime. […]
Cape Town — France seems to be losing the grip it once had on its former colonies, and the rift is growing every day. “Sixty years on, francophone countries in Africa still do not have true independence and freedom from France,” Nathalie Yamb, adviser to Ivory Coast’s Freedom and Democracy Party (LIDER), told Deutche Welle […]
The ECOWAS Commission through its Department of Human Development and Social Affairs (DHDSA) has launched a support programme for Education in countries with emergencies in the Region. The programme is aimed at assisting Member States affected by conflict and humanitarian crises for school reintegration and continuation of education for pupils and students, particularly girls and […]
The attack by the Islamist militants also comes just days after a new government was installed in the West African nation following a coup last month. At least 15 soldiers and volunteer militiamen were killed in the latest ambush by Islamist militants in the eastern province of Burkina Faso, the country’s security forces said on […]
Since 2018, Burkina Faso has been plagued by violent clashes in the Sahel, which have caused the internal displacement of over 1.5 million people, and has become the epicentre of multiple humanitarian crises. For months, our teams in the field have been drawing attention to the fast-deteriorating humanitarian situation, particularly in the centre north of […]
A forum bringing together political parties, social and religious groups and representatives of the security forces got underway in Burkina Faso on Friday, two weeks after a coup. But will it take into account the urgency to help the civilians on the frontline of the jihadist insurgency? The two-day summit in the capital Ouagadougou is […]