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Shootings at the presidential palace and the national broadcaster’s headquarters in the capital, Ouagadougou, are intensifying concerns about a potential mutiny in Burkina Faso amid a deteriorating security situation nearly two years after a military coup, Al Jazeera reported. These incidents reflect mounting challenges to junta...

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The World Briefly

May 27, 2024

Good Talk

Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso’s military junta will remain in power until 2029, officials said Saturday, shortly after the conclusion of a national dialogue on the transition back to democracy following the coup in 2022, Al Jazeera reported. Army officials, civil society members and lawmakers met for what was...

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The World Briefly

September 29, 2023

Mirror, Mirror

Burkina Faso

Burkinabè authorities foiled a coup attempt this week, according to the ruling junta, an incident that comes less than a year after Burkina Faso experienced a military takeover amid an ongoing jihadist insurgency in the Sahel region, the BBC reported. Government officials alleged that a group...

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The World Briefly

September 18, 2023

Shoring Up

Burkina Faso Mali Niger Sahel

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger signed a mutual defense pact over the weekend, pledging to help each other against armed rebellions and external aggression in the wake of coups in each of the three countries, Al Jazeera reported. Known as the Alliance of Sahel States, the...

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The World Briefly

September 15, 2023

Trickling Down

Burkina Faso

Fighting between government forces and insurgents has closed nearly a quarter of all schools in Burkina Faso, according to a new report warning about the looming education crisis in Africa’s restive Sahel region, the Guardian reported Thursday. The report by the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and...

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Need to Know

April 11, 2023

The Spiral

Burkina Faso

Security forces in Burkina Faso recently murdered a 16-year-old boy and others in Ouahigouya, a regional capital of the landlocked West African country. In a chilling report, the Associated Press detailed the teenage boy’s gruesome murder in the street, citing an 83-second video. Such episodes could...

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The World Briefly

January 17, 2023

Mass Vulnerabilities

Burkina Faso

Islamist militants kidnapped around 50 women in northern Burkina Faso, the government confirmed Monday, marking the first mass kidnapping in the West African nation as it continues to fight a years-long jihadist insurgency, Reuters reported. Officials said armed men kidnapped the women in two different locations...

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Need to Know

October 13, 2022

Try, Try Again

Burkina Faso

Protesters took to the streets of Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, recently to wave Russian flags and condemn alleged meddling by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the impoverished, landlocked West African country’s former colonial overseer, France. The demonstration occurred a few...

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The World Briefly

October 03, 2022

Reaping and Sowing

Burkina Faso

Burkinabe army officers launched a coup against the country’s military junta over the weekend, a move that could further destabilize the security situation in the West African country amid an ongoing jihadist insurgency, the Associated Press reported. On Friday, a group of soldiers appeared on state...

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The World Briefly

April 07, 2022

Upright Justice

Burkina Faso

A Burkinabe military court sentenced former President Blaise Compaore to life in prison Wednesday over his role in the 1987 murder of Burkina Faso’s revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara, France 24 reported. The court tried the former president in absentia on the charges of attacking state security,...

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