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Member of Parliament for Builsa South, Dr. Clement Apaak, has expressed worry as to why Ghana would import tomatoes from a country with worse climate conditions. The MP is not happy as to how Ghana would invest 200 million dollars annually to import tomatoes from Burkina Faso. This was after …

Twenty-eight bodies have been found in northwest Burkina Faso over the weekend, the government said, noting an investigation was underway as speculation grows over who may be responsible. “The government was informed of an incident at Nouna … during the night of December 30-31,” a government statement said late on …

The Government of Burkina Faso has reportedly recalled its ambassador to Ghana over President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s accusations that the country is hiring Russian mercenaries. According to security analyst Adib Saani, who disclosed this to GhanaWeb, the Burkinabe government has also summoned Ghana’s ambassador to Burkina Faso to answer questions …

The young army officer who seized power in Burkina Faso’s latest coup has been sworn in as interim president. As he took the oath of office, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, 34, promised to win back territory from Islamist militants, and to hold elections in July 2024. The ceremony was streamed live …

Burkina Faso as of October 3 had a new president despite last holding an election in November 2022. Ibrahim Traore, rose to the high office of president and Supreme Leader of the Armed Forces after leading a coup that ousted his former boss Lt. Col. Sandaogo Damiba. Traore, at the …

The head of the Russian mercenary Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has welcomed the takeover in Burkina Faso. Meanwhile, the Russian government said on Monday it “would like the situation in Burkina Faso to normalise as soon possible”. Burkina Faso controls as little as 60% of its territory, experts say, and …

Burkina Faso currently has the youngest leader on the continent thanks to a coup d’etat that deposed a coup leader on September 30, 2022. Between January 2022 and the last day of September 2022, Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was in charge as a military ruler having led a coup …

The French government has rejected allegations by the new military junta in Burkina Faso to the effect that they are supporting ousted leader Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba. The allegation was leveled by the Captain Ibrahim Traore-led junta that took power on September 30, 2022, with a promise to restore …

Officials of the French government have confirmed violent attacks on its Embassy in the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou on Saturday, October 1, 2022. Multiple videos shared on social media showed citizens outside the Embassy attempting to enter the facility whiles others also lit bonfires outside the premises. A few hundred others …

Army Captain Lt. Col. Ibrahim Traore who ousted military leader, Lt. Col. Paul-Henri Damiba has emerged with reasons for his actions. Col. Traore noted that Col. Damiba failed to honour his pledge to halt Islamist attacks, for which reason he overthrew the elected government in January. Col. Damiba’s administration has …