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France to withdraw troops from Burkina Faso within a month

January 26, 2023

In this file photograph taken on November 11, 2019, an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) of the French Army patrols a rural area during the Bourgou IV operation in northern Burkina Faso along the border with Mali and Niger. (MICHELE CATTANI / AFP) PARIS - France will withdraw its troops from...

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Burkina Faso ends military pact with France, says to defend itself

January 24, 2023

Demonstrators hold placards during a protest to support the Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of France's ambassador and military forces, in Ouagadougou, on Jan 20, 2023. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU - Burkina Faso has decided to end a military accord that allowed...

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Burkina Faso govt demands departure of French troops

January 22, 2023

Demonstrators hold placards during a protest to support the Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of France's ambassador and military forces, in Ouagadougou, on Jan 20, 2023. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU - Burkina Faso's military government has demanded the departure of French troops...

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Over 60 women, children freed in Burkina Faso after kidnapping

January 21, 2023

Burkina Faso army officers patrol near a French armored vehicle parked in Kaya, capital of Burkina Faso's north-central region on Nov 20, 2021. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU - Sixty-six women and children kidnapped by armed assailants in northern Burkina Faso last week have been freed, national broadcaster Radiodiffusion...

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Burkina Faso: Islamist militants kidnapped around 50 women

January 17, 2023

Burkina Faso soldiers are seen deployed in Ouagadougou on Sept 30, 2022. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU - Islamist militants kidnapped around 50 women in Burkina Faso's northern province of Soum on Jan 12 and 13, the government said in a statement on Monday. Armed men seized the women...

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Paris says Burkina Faso asked French ambassador to leave

January 4, 2023

Luc Hallade (left), French ambassador to Burkina Faso, and General Laurent Michon (right), Commander of Barkhane Force, give a press conference, in Ouagadougou, on July 21, 2022. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) PARIS - The French foreign ministry on Tuesday said it had received a letter from the Burkinabe authorities...

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Prosecutors: Bodies of 28 men found shot dead in Burkina Faso

January 3, 2023

OUAGADOUGOU - The bodies of 28 men killed by gunfire have been found in the northwestern Burkina Faso town of Nouna, prosecutors said on Monday. An investigation has been launched into the killings which were discovered on Dec 30 and 31, prosecutors said in a statement that did not provide...

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UN says to continue engagement with Burkina Faso

December 25, 2022

Soldiers awaiting the arrival of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces and the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans during the 62nd anniversary of the creation of the Burkina Faso Armed Forces at the Nation Square in Ouagadougou on Nov 1, 2022. (MARTIN DEMAY / AFP)...

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UN to continue engaging Burkina Faso after official’s expulsion

December 25, 2022

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Burkina Faso’s coup leader named transition president

October 16, 2022

Captain Ibrahim Traore, Burkina Faso's new president, attends a ceremony in Ouagadougou, on Oct 15, 2022. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU - Captain Ibrahim Traore, who led a coup to topple Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba on Sept 30, has been officially appointed to lead the transitional period of...

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UN Security Council voices concern over coup in Burkina Faso

October 8, 2022

In this file video grab taken from a video broadcasted on October 2, 2022 by the national television of Burkina Faso shows Captain Kiswendsida Farouk Azaria Sorgho (center), member of the junta reading a statement next to coup leader Ibrahim Traoré (left) and surrounded by members of the military who...

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Burkinabe coup leader says situation under control

October 3, 2022

Burkina Faso's new self-proclaimed leader captain Ibrahim Traore (center) attends a meeting in Ouagadougou on Oct 2, 2022. (PHOTO /AFP) OUAGADOUGOU - Burkina Faso's self-declared military leader Captain Ibrahim Traore said Sunday that the situation was under control after he announced the eviction of President Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba...

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Burkina Faso army admits killing civilians in counter-terrorist strike

August 3, 2022

Burkina Faso army officers patrol near a French armored vehicle parked in Kaya, capital of Burkina Faso's north-central region on Nov 20, 2021. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU - Burkina Faso’s army said on Wednesday that it accidentally killed civilians during a counter-terrorist operation in the ccuntry’s southeast earlier...

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‘At least 100 killed’ in Burkina Faso attack over weekend

June 14, 2022

This Oct 30, 2018 photo shows Burkinabe gendarmes sitting on their vehicle in the city of Ouhigouya in the north of the country. (ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) OUGADOUGOU – Armed men killed at least 100 civilians in a rural district of northern Burkina Faso over the weekend, a local and...

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Burkina Faso appoints interim government after January coup

March 7, 2022

Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, President of Burkina Faso, arrives to his inauguration ceremony as President of Transition, in Ouagadougou, on March 2, 2022. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU - Burkina Faso's interim president Paul-Henri Damiba has approved a new government that includes the same defense minister as served under...

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Guinea-Bissau president survives W. Africa’s latest coup attempt

February 3, 2022

In this file photo taken on Oct 15, 2021 Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo is seen prior to his meeting with French president at the Elysee palace in Paris. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) BISSAU - Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo survived an attempted coup on Tuesday but said many members...

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African Union suspends Burkina Faso after military coup

February 2, 2022

This grab of a handout video released by Radiodiffusion Télévision du Burkina" on Jan 27, 2022 shows the leader of Burkina Faso's new military junta Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba speaking during a televised address, three days after the overthrow of Burkina Faso's president. The leader of Burkina Faso's new military junta...

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Burkina Faso army deposes president in coup

January 26, 2022

In this file photo taken on Nov 11, 2021, Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore arrives for the opening ceremony of the "Paris Peace Forum" at The Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris. (LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU - Burkina Faso's army said on Monday it had ousted...

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Report: Burkina Faso president detained by mutinous soldiers

January 25, 2022

A man a newspaper with the headline on the mutiny in Ouagadougou on Jan 24, 2022. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU - Burkina Faso President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has been detained overnight by mutinous soldiers, local media reported Monday. "President Roch Marc Christian Kabore has been detained by...

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As soldiers mutiny in Burkina Faso, govt dismisses talk of coup

January 24, 2022

People gather at Nation square to support military in Ouagadougou on Jan 23, 2022. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU - Sustained gunfire rang out from several military camps in Burkina Faso on Sunday as mutinying soldiers demanded more government support for their fight against Islamist militants and the resignation...