If the collapse of EAC, and now ECOWAS, teaches us anything, it is that the greatest risk to regional blocs is men in uniform ...

You will no longer see them in uniform or gathered in bases,” Traore said, voicing regret that many of his peers "had not yet understood this." Burkina Faso has been under army rule since ...

Effective today, the trio of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso, cease to be members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), but with an enormous toll on an already tough regional ...

In 2021, Michombero and his wife were attacked in their home by men in military uniforms after he reported on local criticism ... while authorities in Burkina Faso have suspended several outlets over ...

The Sahel is grappling with unprecedented violence, as Al-Qaeda and Islamic State-linked jihadist groups intensify their attacks on civilians and m ...

The mobile police was created separately from the regular police, with a different uniform ... invite the US Army to come and fight them, just like Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso?

The M23 rebel group's assault on the Democratic Republic of the Congo's eastern city of Goma has brought familiar dangers for Congolese journalists, who for years have navigated intimidation and ...

The junta-led countries of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have announced a new joint military force to combat jihadist groups ...

Thousands of people rallied on Tuesday in Niger and Burkina Faso in support of the move. Led by members of the military-led government in Niger’s capital Niamey, they chanted slogans hostile to ...

Experts dubbed those countries a “coup belt.” Among others, that belt includes Burkina Faso. Russia and the juntas frame the anti-West glissade as a start of decolonization processes leading ...

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