•Burkina Faso’s leader, Ibrahim Traore Burkina Faso’s transitional government led by President Captain Ibrahim Traoré, on Thursday adopted a sweeping decree requiring large companies operating in the country to build their headquarters domestically, officials said following a Council of Ministers meeting in the capital. The measure, ratified d...
•Togo flag Burkina Faso’s former transitional president and the alleged mastermind behind various coup plots in the country was arrested in neighbouring Togo and expelled, sources close to the case said yesterday. Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was arrested last week in Lome and tried for “attempted destabilisation” in Burkina Faso before being ta...
•The released aircraft and crew The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) C-130 aircraft, which was released on Thursday by the Burkinabe authorities following a diplomatic meeting with Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, has arrived in Ghana. NAF’s spokesperson, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, revealed this in a statement yesterday. He said...
•Foreign affairs minister, Tuggar and Nigerian soldiers in Burkina Faso The federal government has confirmed the release of a Nigerian Air Force aircraft and 11 personnel who were detained in Burkina Faso following a forced landing. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Mr. Kimiebi Ebienfa, announced the development last night, stating...
•Tinubu and Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso A former Senator representing Ekiti North, Ayodele Arise, has urged the Tinubu-led federal government to go beyond diplomatic engagement in securing the release of Nigerian soldiers detained in Burkina Faso, saying the option of military action should not be ruled out. Arise made the remarks yesterday...
Authorities in Burkina Faso have released 11 Nigerian military personnel held after a cargo plane from Lagos made an “unauthorised” emergency landing in its second largest city, Bobo-Dioulasso. The breakaway regional Association of Sahel States (AES) said on Monday that the C-130 aircraft had entered Burkina Faso’s airspace without clearance, ...
•Nigeria Air Force C-130 The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the landing of its C-130 aircraft in Burkina Faso was precautionary and followed due process. According to the Director of Public Relations and Information, Headquarters, Nigerian Air Force, Air Commodore Ehimen Ejodame, the aircraft landed in the West African country due to a “technic...
•Military leader Capt Ibrahim Traoré The government of Burkina Faso has announced the removal of visa fees for all African nationals, as a step to strengthen Pan-African solidarity and encourage the free movement of people and goods. The Minister of Security, Mahamadou Sana, disclosed the policy shift yesterday after a cabinet meeting presided...
•Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traore If you believe the viral videos online, R. Kelly and Pope Leo XIV agree on one thing — that Burkina Faso’s junta chief, Captain Ibrahim Traore, is a fantastic leader. The images are AI-generated propaganda, part of what experts have called a vast disinformation campaign spreading the “personality...
•Burkina Faso’s military leader, Ibrahim Traore Burkina Faso has withdrawn the licences of four foreign NGOs to operate in the junta-led country and suspended two other associations, according to decrees seen by our correspondent today. The decrees dated mid-June cited a government minister as saying the decision against the four NGOs was due ...
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