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The West African regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has condemned the September 30, 2022 coup that took place in Burkina Faso, where a new military junta overthrew another. What started out as an exchange of heavy gunfire on Friday morning was confirmed late in the evening …

A coup d’etat has taken place in Burkina Faso, barely 10 months after the last one that removed democratically elected Christian Roch Marc Kabore from power. Reports of heavy artillery gunfire in the wee hours of Friday morning and heavy military presence in parts of the capital Ouagadougou raised fears …

An American nun has been released after five months in captivity in Burkina Faso. 83-year-old Suellen Theresa Tennyson, was taken hostage in the middle of the night in early April. She was barefoot and left behind her glasses and blood pressure medication. The bishop of the diocese where she served, …

Widespread anger at chronic insecurity in the West African countries of Mali and Burkina Faso paved the way for military men to kick out failing governments over the past two years. “There’s no more room for mistakes,” said Mali’s coup leader as he seized power in August 2020. “We have …

The former President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, has arrived back in his country after spending seven years in exile. The government says he is there to hold talks with the military junta as part of reconciliation efforts. One journalist has been tweeting pictures of the return: In April this …

Ghana’s U20 team the Black Satellites have been kicked out of the ongoing WAFU B U20 Championship in Niger after losing all two group games. The defending Champions of the competition were beaten 2-1 by neighbors Burkina Faso in their final Group B game today, May 14, 2022 in Niamey. …

Two Ghanaians have died while three others are in critical condition after armed robbers attacked five tomato importing vehicles at Tambolo near Dakota in Burkina Faso and about half a mile from the Ghana border at Paga. The five vehicles were on their way from Ghana to Burkina Faso to …

Burkina Faso’s former president Blaise Compaoré has received a life sentence in absentia for his role in the assassination of his revolutionary predecessor, Thomas Sankara. Sankara, 37, was gunned down along with 12 others during the 1987 coup d’état that brought Compaoré to power. The pair had been close friends …

The military junta in Burkina Faso has approved a three-year transitional plan to prepare the country for a return to democracy. A government committee had proposed a two-and-half year transition period, but the current duration means junta leader Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba will be in charge for 36 months before the …

The US has officially determined that the events leading to the overthrow of the Burkinabe President Christian Roch Marc Kabore constituted a military coup. The State Department subsequently announced that it is freezing nearly $160m in foreign aid to the West African country. Kabore was deposed in late January in …